Athol, bred at Woodburn. She was pur- 

 chased by William Warfield for a neigh- 

 bor of his named F. K. Hunt. She was 

 bid off at $470, and from her descends 

 the Loudon Duchess tribe. Mr.- Warfield 

 supervised her breeding, and she was 

 bred to Duke of Alrdrie (12730) at Wood- 

 burn and dropped calves by him in 1860, 

 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864, the last being a 

 heifer, Loudon Duchess. In 1865, with 

 Duncan's Duke of Alrdrie 2743 to cover, 

 the old Duke being dead, she dropped 

 Loudon Duchess 2d. These two heifers 

 proved phenomenal show and breeding 

 cows. The latter won fifty-six prizes at 

 various state and local fairs in Kentucky 

 and Ohio, and proved herself one of the 

 great breeding and show cows of Ameri- 

 can Shorthorn history. 



The influence o"f Duke of Airdrie, from 

 which these various descendants come, is 

 most widespread. He and his get were 

 very extensively used on different tribes 

 and families, and the name Airdrie met 

 with deserved popularity. It is hardly 

 possible to study Shorthorn pedigree as 

 relating to American bred animals witn- 

 out realizing that the breeders of this 

 country, and especially of Kentucky, are 

 much indebted to Mr. Alexander for the 

 great improvement brought about 

 throuigh the importation of this famous 

 bull. 



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