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We might continue this narration on down 

 through the decade following; but, after the figures 

 already quoted, sales of Duchess cattle at from 

 $10,000 to $20,000 each begin to lose their in- 

 terest. They were still selling at those figures at 

 intervals after the writer began his work. As a 

 boy in 1876 I saw ALBERT CRANE pay $23,600 and 

 $21,000 respectively for Airdrie Duchesses 2d and 

 3d at Dexter Park. In 1377 I saw the 22d 

 Duchess of Airdrie knocked off by Gol. JUDY for 

 $15,000, and wondered why. I figured later that 

 the descendants of the old 10th Duchess of Airdrie 

 had brought in round figures the great sum of 

 $300,000! 



In 1882 Senator GOCHRANE sold his Hillhurst 

 Duchesses at Dexter Park, including the famous 

 old Woodburn-bred 10th Duchess of Airdrie and a 

 number of her descendants, receiving an average of 

 $2,080 on 23 head, belonging to various BATES 

 families. The late JOHN HOPE, superintendent of the 

 Bow Park herd at Brantford, Ont., at which estab- 

 lishment JOHN GLAY made his start in business in 

 America bought four Duchesses here at prices rang- 

 ing from $4,700 to $8,500. GHAS. A. DEGRAFF of 

 Lake Elysian Farm, Janesville, Minn., gave $3,025 

 upon this occasion for the 8th Duke of Hillhurst. 



