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May of that year I sent over the bull ' Our American Cousin,' by 

 imported Neptune, 1917, out of imported Lalla Rookh, sold to me by 

 F. W. Welch, of Ireland. A short time after I sent over the bulls 

 3d Duke of Thorndale, 2789 (roan), 4th Duke of Thorndale, 2790 

 (roan), 5th Duke of Thorndale, 3488 (white), Imperial Oxford, 4905 

 (red) ; also the heifer 4th Lady of Oxford, which afterwards became 

 celebrated as one of the most distinguished cows in England, both as 

 a show animal and breeder. The bull 5th Duke of Thorndale, sick- 

 ened on the voyage, and died in Queenstown harbor, Ireland, before 

 reaching England. On their arrival in England they were sold at 

 prices varying from 300 to 400 guineas each, in gold coin. In the 

 following year, 1862, 1 sent out to England Lord Oxford, 3091 (roan), 

 2d Lord Oxford [not recorded in A. H. B.], Bishop of Oxford [not 

 recorded in A. H. B.], and Duke of Geneva, 3858 (roan). The latter 

 shipment arrived in England safely, and sold for 250 to 600 guineas 

 each, in gold, amounting to "a considerable larger sum in our own 

 currency." 



Soon afterwards Mr. Ezra Cornell, of Ithaca, N. Y., sold to go to 

 England, the young bull 3d Lord of Oxford, 4958, bred by Mr. Thorne, 

 of whom Mr. Cornell had sometime previously purchased him. He 

 sold for $3,000 in gold, which, with the premium added swelled the 

 sum to a much larger amount in our currency. 



About the same time Mr. R. A. Alexander, of Kentucky, sent out 

 to England a few animals of choice blood of .the Airdrie (Bates' 

 Duchess) tribe, and possibly another animal or two, the names of 

 which we have not been able to learn, nor the result of their sales. 



In August, 1867, Mr. John R. Page took out for Mr. J. O. Sheldon, 

 of Geneva, N. Y., eight young animals, consisting of the roan bull 

 3d Duke of Geneva, 5563, which sold for 550 guineas, and the heif- 

 ers 7th Duchess of Geneva (white), sold at 700 guineas, together with 

 4th Maid of Oxford (red), Countess of Oxford (white), 6th Maid of 

 Oxford (roan), 7th Maid of Oxford (roan), 8th Maid of Oxford (roan), 

 and 5th Maid of Oxford (white). For the six Oxfords he obtained 

 2,050 guineas, an average of $2,293 each. The entire sale amounted 

 to 3,300 guineas=$i7,325, or an average for the lot of $2,615.50 each, 

 which, together with the premium on the gold received for them, not 

 less than 20 to 25 per cent, above American currency at the time, 

 made the handsome sum of nearly or quite $20,000 for eight animals, 

 less the expense of exportation. 



In the year 1870, Mr. Sheldon also sold, to be delivered on ship- 

 board in the city of New York, the red roan bull calf 8th Duke of 



