LORD DUCIE'S BREEDING AND SALES. 143 



Mr. Bell tells a story of Lord Ducie after the purchase of 4th 

 Duke of York (10167), at the Bates sale, which is so characteristic 

 of the monopolizing spirit of some of the English Short-horn breed- 

 ers, that we suppose it to be true. " He sent his agent out to buy the 

 bull 3d Duke of York (10166) (a Duchess bull), then in other hands, 

 that he might slaughter him [Bates fashion], and prevent his blood 

 being used by other breeders, in which he succeeded, and had the 

 bull remorselessly killed, thus supposing he had secured to himself, 

 in his own 4th Duke of York, the only remaining one of the blood ; 

 but meeting Mr. Tanqueray shortly after, in London, his Lordship 

 asked him what he was doing in the Short-horn line ; to which Tan- 

 queray replied, 'I have just come into possession of 5th Duke of 

 York (10168).' With evident chagrin Ducie answered, 'I had lost 

 sight of him' " So his barbarity, as well as selfishness, in sacrificing 

 a noble beast was thus signally punished. 



