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ment of the well-known auctioneers, Cols. J. 

 W. Judy and L. P. Muir.* An extraordinary 

 average was made. The roan Airdrie Duchess 

 2d was bid off for Mr. Hamilton's brother at 

 $4,225. Mr. Logan 0. Swope of Independence, 

 Mo., took the roan heifer 2d Duchess of Flat 

 Creek at $7,000, 4th Duchess of Flat Creek at 

 $5,075, Barrington Lally 2d at $2,025, 4th Duch- 

 ess of Kent at $4,700 and Loo Belle Kent at 

 $1,675. Mr. H. F. Brown of Minneapolis paid 

 $3,550 for the red two-year-old bull Duke of 

 Flat Creek, $1,775 for Wild Eyes Duchess 7th 

 and $1,600 for Wild Eyes Duchess 9th. C. M. 

 Gifford & Sons of Milford, Kan., bid off the 

 Flat Creek Mary cow, Young Mary Duchess 2d, 

 at $2,275, and the yearling bull Lord Barring- 

 ton 2d at $1,675. The Van Meter Mary cow, 

 Geneva Mary 2d, was knocked down to John 

 Duncan, Louisville, at $2,000. Mr. G. L. Chris- 

 man of Independence, Mo., was an active coiri- 

 petitor, securing the yearling 4th Duke of Kent 

 at $1,500, the red cow Barrington Mary 2d and 



*Col. Muir was one of the best-known live-stock auctioneers of his day 

 in the United States. A resident of Kentucky, he shared with the Short- 

 horn breeders of the blue-grass country their profound appreciation for 

 the Bates blood, and made himself a leading: authority on all matters con- 

 nected with the tribal histories of Short- horns of Kirklevington derivation. 

 For many years he conducted important auction sales throughout the 

 Western States, and on the occasion of the purchase of the American 

 Short-horn Herd Book by the Breeders' Association from Lewis F. Allen 

 was made editor of the pedigree register in Chicago. Being succeeded in 

 that position by Mr. J. H. Pickrell, Col. Muir removed to Independence' 

 Mo., conducting numerous auction sales and retaining his interest in 

 Short-horn breeding until his death, which occurred several years since at 

 that place. 



