412 PRINCIPLES OF STOCK-BREEDING. 



(11382), out of Duchess of Athol, by 2d Duke of Ox- 

 ford (9046), Duchess 54th, by 2d Cleveland Lad 

 (3408), Duchess 49th, by Short Tail (2621), 

 Duchess 30th, by 2d Hubback (1423), Duchess 20th, 

 by 2d Earl (1511), Duchess 8th, by Marske (418), 

 Duchess 2d, by Ketton 1st (709), Duchess 1st, by 

 Comet (155), by Favorite (252), by Daisy Bull 

 (186), by Favorite (252), by Hubback (319), 

 the Stanwick cow, by J. Brown's Red Bull (97)." 



Allen's " American Short-Horn Herd-Book," vol. x., 

 p. 107. 



Numbers in parentheses refer to " English Herd- 

 Book," open numbers to the " American Herd-Book." 



"171 DUKE OF AIEDEIE. (12730) 



Red and white, calved August 4, 1854 ; bred by, and 

 the property of, Mr. R. A. Alexander, Airdrie House, 

 Airdrie ; got by Duke of Gloster 175, d. (Duchess of 

 Athol) by 2d Duke of Oxford 180, g. d. (Duchess 54) 

 by 2d Cleveland Lad 123, (Duchess 49th) by Short 

 Tail 498, (Duchess 30th) by 2d Hubback 281, 

 (Duchess 20th) by the 2d Earl 183, (Duchess 8th) 

 by Marske 358, (Duchess 2d) by Ketton 1st, 305, 

 (Duchess 1st) by Comet 128, by Favourite 204, 

 by Daisy Bull 151, by Favourite 204, by Hubback 

 280, by Mr. James Brown's Red Bull 80." (Alexan- 

 der's " Short-Horn Record," vol. i., p. 27.) 



By comparing these pedigrees with the diagrams on 

 pages 147 and 142 it will be seen that they are given in 

 an abbreviated form in the herd-books, and that each 

 animal appearing in the record must be separately traced 

 to obtain a complete list of the ancestors. 



It will also be observed that the original numbers of 



