HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



and his progeny held Grand Champion and 

 Reserve Champion boar. Top Notcher 

 8803 was sired by Orion II., out of Duch- 

 ess 40th; Orion II., by Old Orion. By 

 adding the Jackson winnings to the above 

 the descendants of Old Orion led by quite 

 a margin. 



That the public sale had come quickly 

 and had come to stay was evident when we 

 find that something like 75 auctions of 

 Durocs were booked for the winter of 

 1904-05, immediately after the World's 

 Fair. Several Fall sales had been held pre- 

 vious to that. Notably among these was 

 that of J. D. Nidlinger, of Decatur, Indi- 

 ana, on Nevember 1st, where the prices 

 ranged from $15 to $135, the top price be- 

 ing paid by Smith Brown, of Nebraska. 

 History was written very rapidly during 

 the next few months. One of the noted 

 sales of that winter was sows bred to 

 Proud Advance, averaging $80. Proud 

 Advance was a combination of Orion and 

 Protection breeding. His sire, Advance, 

 being by Tacoma, he by Orion Chief 6601 

 by Old Orion and out of Ohio Anna 10068. 

 Proud Advance's dam was by Malcolm 

 Chief 7811 by Jumbo Red by Protection 

 and his second dam traces to Legal Ten- 



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