although her grandsire on the dam's 

 side, Grand Duke of Oxford (16184), was 

 bred by Captain Gunter in England. 

 The pedigree of this cow was strikingly 

 Bates, going back into the most famous 

 Duchess and Oxford blood. 



Tenth Duchess of Geneva was a very 

 beautiful cow and met largely the favor 

 of the critics. In 1873 Wolcott and Camp- 

 bell decided to hold a closing-out sale, 

 which was held on Sept. 10 of that year. 

 This was the most remarkable cattle 

 sale of history, and the prices paid there 

 have never been equaled to this day. A 

 large gathering came together, with 

 prominent buyers from England and 

 various parts of the United States. The 

 highest price of the sale was for the 8th 

 Duchess of Geneva, bid off at $40,600. 

 This cow, however, later gave birth to 

 a dead calf and herself died soon after- 

 ward. The 10th Duchess of Geneva was 

 also in this same sale, and the following 

 account of her selling, as written by 

 George W. Rust and published in San- 

 der's History of Shorthorn Cattle, merits 

 a place here: 



"Colonel Morris of New York led with 

 $5,000, which Colonel King of Minnesota 

 raised to $10,000. Mr. Kello advanced 

 the figure to $15,000 for Mr. Davies, and 

 Mr. Berwick for Earl Bective made it 

 $20,000, when it was very evident there 

 was to be such a trial of nerve as had 

 not before been witnessed. One of the 

 Kentuckians bid $25,000, and Colcnel 

 King added another $1,000, which Mr. 

 Berwick lost no time in advancing to 

 $30,000. This bid Mr. Brodhead advanced 

 $100, when Mr. Berwick declared, 'I am 

 done,' and started to leave the ring. His 

 English friends, however, rallied him 

 and he exclaimed in an excited manner, 

 'Thirty thousand dollars! How much is 

 that in sterling?' One of them pushed 

 him again to the front, exclaiming, 'Buy 

 her and count it afterward!' but not 

 until Mr. Kello had taken advantage of 

 his excitement to raise the price to $30,- 

 500. Mr. Berwick returned with $31,000, 

 Mr. Kello with $100, which Mr. Berwick 

 raised to $500, with no other effect than 

 to bring from his opponent a bid of 

 $32,000. Mr. Berwick seemed to be net- 

 tled by Mr. Kello's undisturbed manner 

 and added another $1,000, making $33.- 

 000; and Mr. Kello, not at all dashed, 

 added $500 more without delay, and then 

 Mr. Berwick advanced it to $34,000; 'and 

 $500,' was Mr. Kello's response. Mr. Ber- 



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