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Dacie died. In 1853, peremptory sale of his stock was widely adver- 

 tised. Allured by the reputation of his herd, several American gen- 

 tlemen went over to witness it. The attendance of English breeders was 

 very large, and the sales averaged higher prices in individual animals 

 than had been reached since the famous sale of Charles Colling in 1<S10. 





Mr. Samuel Tluanc, of Duchess county, N. Y., bought several of the best 

 and highest priced animals, of the "Duchess" and "Oxford" tribes, and 

 added to them several more choice ones, from different herds. Messi-s. 

 L. G. Morris, and the late Noel J. Beoar, of New York, bought others of 

 the "Duchess," and "Oxfords," to which they added more from other 



