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ancestral ALEXANDER acres in Scotland the Duke 

 of Airdrie. Through his successful use at Wood- 

 burn and his extensive patronage at the hands of 

 the RENICKS, BEDFORDS, VANMETERS, WARFIELDS, DUN- 

 CANS and all the rest of that great coterie of cattle- 

 men that once ruled in Central Kentucky, the old 

 Duke of Airdrie set at an early date the seal of 

 THOMAS BATES indelibly upon our American cattle 

 of the Shorthorn type grades as well as purebreds. 

 By that is meant that so prepotent did the Duke 

 of Airdrie prove, so wonderfully did he impress his 

 level conformation and finish upon his get even to 

 the third and fourth generations, that his blood not 

 only actually coursed in the veins of practically all 

 our best western cattle at one time, but the type 

 was so well liked, the transformation in the case of 

 coarse or ill-bred cattle was so extraordinary and 

 immediate, that all bulls that carried the Duchess 

 blood were in demand at once and vastly in excess 

 of the supply. To this fact may be clearly attrib- 

 uted the inception of that remarkable chapter in 

 international agricultural history known as the great 

 "BATES Shorthorn boom." 



Question not, therefore, ye who saunter through 

 the SADDLE AND SIRLOIN galleries, the right of 

 ROBERT ALEXANDER to his place of honor. The 



