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Show j Sale of Blooded Stock. J We learn that yesterday the Saxe importers of Kentucky thorough bred "short horns," made a considerable sale of their fine animals to James Miller and brothers of South Cottonwood. Cotton-wood. These were two heifers and two bulls all yearlings and for the ! superior animals sold were parted 1 with at very moderate prices. Following Fol-lowing are the pedigrees in brief, oi I this stock, which is all from Kentucky: Ken-tucky: "Mary Third," bred by Jo. Grigsby.of Winchester, Clark county; I dam, "Mary;" aire, "Neptune, 14,-!i)S7," 14,-!i)S7," by "Gladiator, 10,136," etc. This heifer is rich in tht "Booth" blood. "Amanda," bred by B. N. Shiopshire, of Centreville, Bourbon county; dam "Jennie," sire "Derby" 7,802 tracing back to importation of 1S17, "Airdrie Butterfly," bred by George A. Bean, near Winchester, Clark county; dam, "Butterfly," sire, "Genevas Airdrie;" he by "Air-drie "Air-drie Third;" and his dam by "Second Duke of Geneva;" a pure "duke" buil-"Butterfly'a" sire was imported, "Grand Turk, 5.9G1," one ot the best and finest show bulls ever in England or America. "Robert Smith," bred by R. O. Smith, of Georgetown, Scott county, dam, "Ollie," aire "Laudable "Lauda-ble 5,370," and he by "Prince of the West 7.HS," and he by exported "Third Duke of Airdrie 6,(526." I These animals are of the best of the kiud eiiher in the United Stales or Europe, aud their breeders are noted in Kentucky as among the foremost as growers of pure ''short horns. We noticed in the Herald a short time since that Mr. Culhertson, of EJg'ir Co., Ills., weighed fourteen grade "short horn" three year old steers, that bad been fed but five and a half months, which averaged 1,7981 bs. each, the fourteen aggregating aggregat-ing 2o,lS01bs.; also a shorthorn steer, ace not stated, butchered in Detroit, Mich., that weighed 4,U0lbs. aliya, and dressed 3,000lbB, of beef. Our Cottonwood neighbors are safe in n-ticipating n-ticipating splendid results from then-recent then-recent purchase of the Saxe im porters, |