ROMANCE OF THE DUKES AND DUCHESSES 103 



already alluded to in this volume as ornamenting 

 the entrance to the National Live Stock Bank at 

 the Chicago Yards. 



In 1875 Mr. ALEXANDER sold the good bull 24th 

 Duke of Airdrie and the 20th Duchess of Airdrie to 

 GEORGE Fox, of England, at $12,000 and $18,000 

 respectively. About the same time CHENEY paid the 

 proprietor of Woodburn $17,000 for the 16th Duch- 

 ess of Airdrie. AVERY & MURPHY of Port Huron 

 gave GOCHRANE $18,000 for Airdrie Duchess 5th. 

 An interesting incident also of this period was the 

 attempt to push into the limelight the Princess tribe, 

 because of Belvidere's successful use nearly fifty 

 years previously at Kirklevington. A. W. GRISWOLD 

 of Vermont sold five of these in 1875 for $18,000. 

 Six head were subsequently sold in Kentucky for 

 $15,725. The English took a hand in this, and 

 several were exported at long prices. The RENICK 

 Roses of Sharon also caught the swell of this unpar- 

 alleled speculation, and several of them were exported 

 at long figures. At LORD DUNMORE'S memorable sale 

 of Aug. 25, 1875, where the Duke of Gonnaught 

 fetched 4,500 guineas, the RENicK-bred Red Rose 

 of the Isles topped the females at $11,650 from 

 EARL BECTIVE. On this great occasion thirty-nine 

 head sold for $149,335, an average of $3,829! 



