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The dispersion occurred at Dexter Park, Chi- 

 cago Union Stock- Yards, June 11, 1891; twenty- 

 six head of Airdrie Dukes and Duchesses sell- 

 ing for $10,920 an average of $420 each. The 

 cattle were widely scattered; the leading buy- 

 ers of Duchesses being Messrs. Brown and Smith 

 of Sangamon Co., 111. The top price was $820, 

 paid by D. A. Curtis, Addison, Mich., for 50th 

 Duke of Airdrie. The highest price for a Duch- 

 ess female was $780, given by Messrs. L. W. 

 Brown & Son. Five Oxfords sold for an aver- 

 age of $356. The stock bull Oxford Grand Duke 

 2d was bought by Coles & Hatch, Spring Grove, 

 111., at $500. Imp. Oxford Duke of Calthwaite 

 3d went to Elbert & Fall, Albia, la., at $450. 

 Thirteen head of Thorndale Roses, descended 

 from the importation of 1882, sold for an aver- 

 age of $193. Nine Wild Eyes went for an aver- 

 age of $162.20. Eighteen Barringtons were 

 closed out at an average of $141.65. The entire 

 lot, consisting of seventy-one head, fetched 

 $18,220 a general average of $256. 



Columbian Exposition awards. The exhibit 

 of Short-horns at the Chicago World's Fair of 

 1893 was beyond question the best and larg- 

 est of which there is record in the history of 

 American show-yard. The trying task of 

 awarding prizes was assigned to Hon. J. H. 

 Pickrell, H. C. Duncan and John T. Gibson, and 

 in view of the permanent interest that must 



