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was kept in service until ten years old, enjoying, 

 along with the 7th Duke of York, the celebrity 

 which attached to the pair of being the only "pure 

 Duke" bulls in England. 



In response to a similar call from Britain Mr. 

 ALEXANDER sent the fine bull 2d Duke of Airdrie 

 and the 5th and 6th Dukes of that line to the 

 mother country, all outcrossed with the blood of 

 the BOOTHS. The 2d Duke had been a winner of 

 a $1,000 championship at St. Louis prior to his 

 exportation. 



Meanwhile, the demand for the BATES cattle from 

 the nobility and gentry of England grew with each 

 succeeding year. It had to be met mainly by Duke 

 and Oxford-topped cattle of various sound old British 

 strains, for there were not Dukes and Duchesses 

 enough for all. The outcrossed Grand Duchesses 

 already mentioned now came into their own. The 

 females, were not numerous, and had been held 

 together, first by Mr. BOLDEN of Lancashire, and 

 subsequently by Messrs. ATHERTON and HEGAN, the 

 latter paying the former the sum of 5,000 for 

 nine cows and four bulls. Three of the females 

 proved barren, and at Mr. MEGAN'S death in 1865 

 the twelve cows and heifers and five bulls of this 

 branch were auctioned off at WILLIS' rooms in the 



