722 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



cester and $5,750 for 3d Duchess of Leicester. 

 Earl Bective bought Duchess of Leicester at 

 $7,525, and Airdrie Duchess 7th, of American 

 origin, at 12,500. Mr. B. C. Rumsey of Buffalo, 

 N. Y., purchased the 6th Duchess of Leicester 

 for $1,775. 



Speaking of Duchesses we may note at this 

 point that during this same year the 8th Duke 

 of Tregunter that had been exported to Aus- 

 tralia was sold at auction in that country at a 

 reported price of $20,000! 



The Hamiltons. Probably the largest han- 

 dlers of pure-bred Short-horns of their time in 

 the State of Kentucky were the Messrs. Ham- 

 ilton, extensive owners of lands in Kentucky, 

 Illinois and Missouri, the home farm being at 

 Flat Creek, Bath Co., Ky., not far from Mount 

 Sterling. Upon this farm resided the broth- 

 ers, George and James C. Hamilton, the latter 

 being regarded as a breeder of unusual skill. 

 Short-horns had been introduced upon Flat 

 Creek Farm at an early date, and when the 

 herd first came prominently before the public 

 it was chiefly noted for its Marys and Jo- 

 sephines. 



The foundation dam of the most noted Ham- 

 ilton family, the Flat Creek Marys, was the 

 roan Belle, bred by William Buckner of Bour- 

 bon Co., Ky., and bought of him in the spring 

 of 1861 by J. C. arid G. Hamilton. According to 



