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others. He sent the good cow Duchess 33d to be 

 bred to Norfolk, and the resulting calf, a heifer 

 named Duchess 38th, lived to become the maternal 

 ancestress of the entire group of Dukes and Duch- 

 esses which, long after Mr. BATES' death, in the 

 hands of SAMUEL THORNE, JAMES O. SHELDON and 

 WALCOTT & CAMPBELL, all of New York State, became 

 the subject of the wildest bidding ever registered in 

 the cattle business in Europe or America. 



The use of Norfolk and other good bulls derived 

 from the BATES herd was now rapidly spreading the 

 name of the Kirklevington cattle. The get of these 

 strongly-bred sires possessed that finish and neatness 

 for which their creator had so long striven; but it 

 was not until the establishment of the Yorkshire 

 show in 1838 that any effort was made to secure 

 competitive honors. In that year the young Duke 

 of Northumberland, already mentioned, was sent to 

 York along with some of Belvidere's best daughters, 

 and while "The Duke" was given first prize in the 

 two-year-old class, he was beaten for the champion- 

 ship. Duchess 41st headed the two-year-olds and 

 Duchess 42d was second in yearlings. Mr. BATES 

 did not agree with many of these ratings. He called 

 Duchess 43d, "The Duke," and Red Rose 13th, his 

 three best, and two of these had been missed entirely. 



