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family, sired by one of his Duchess bulls. Each 

 headed its class, and the unnamed heifer in honor 

 of the victory was called the Oxford Premium Cow 

 and became the ancestress of the Duchess-crossed 

 family which, under the name of Oxfords, in the 

 great days to follow, was destined to rank second 

 only to the Duchesses themselves in the estimation 

 of the breeders of two continents. DANIEL WEBSTER, 

 the American orator and statesman, was present at 

 this initial Royal Show, and made an address at an 

 elaborate dinner given in the quadrangle of Queen's 

 College, in the course of which he said, speaking of 

 Mr. BATES' great success: "From his stock, on the 

 banks of the Ohio and its tributary streams, I have 

 seen fine animals which have been bred from his 

 herd in Yorkshire and Northumberland." This was, 

 of course, a reference to the animals imported by 

 the Ohio Company under the leadership of FELIX 

 RENICK, and reveals an interest in affairs agricul- 

 tural, and in the farming of the Ohio Valley, that 

 probably surprised Mr. BATES quite as much as it 

 may interest present-day Americans. 



No higher proof of the superlative excellence of 

 these products of the genius of THOMAS BATES as a 

 cattle breeder can be adduced than this sweeping 

 victory over all England at the first national contest 



