FAEMER'S MAGAZl^^E, 



AUGUST, 1860, 



PLATE I. 



ROYAL BUTTERFLY; A Shorthorn Bull, 



THE PROPERTY OF COLONEL TOWNELEY, OF TOWNELEY PARK, BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE. 



Royal Butterfl)', bred by Colonel Towneley, 

 was calved on August r2th, 1857. He is by 

 Frederick (U489), out of Butterfly, by Jeweller 

 (10354), her dam Buttercup, l)y Garrick (38C3) — 

 Barmpton Bose, by Expectation (1988) — by Bel- 

 zoni (1709)— Comus (lS6l)— Denton (198)— by 

 a son of Comet (155). 



Frederick, also bred by Colonel Towneley, was 

 calved February Gtb, 1849. He is by Duke (9032), 

 out of Bessy, by Thick Hock (6601), her dam 

 Barmpton Rose, by Expectation (1988) — Belzoni 

 (1709) &c., &c. Frederick was never exhibited 

 in public, but has been well employed in the 

 Colonel's herd, and on the stock of his ten- 

 antry. He is the sire of Master Butterfly, Roan 

 Duchess the Second, Blanche the Sixth, Frederick 

 the Second, Ringlet, and others. A portrait of 

 Frederick appeared in the Farmers' Magazine 

 for September, 1858. 



Butterfly, bred by Colonel Towneley, and 

 calved on the 1st of Ma)', 1849, is also the dam of 

 Master Butterfly, an own brother to Royal Butter- 

 fly, which was sold, to go to Australia, at the 

 hitherto unprecedented price of 1,200 gs. ; but 

 we believe that a higher sum than this has been 

 refused for his yovrnger brother. Master Butterfly, 

 the prize shorthorn bull of the Chelmsford show, 

 where he changed hands and countries, died 

 recently in the Colony. A portrait of him ap- 

 peared in the Farmers'' Magazine iox April, 1856. 

 The cow Butterfly was herself a famous prize 

 animal, having taken all the premiums possible at 

 the Royal Agricultural Society's meetings, as well as 

 others of the Yorkshire and Lancashire Associa- 

 tions; while in Ireland she secured the Purcell 

 Challenge Cup for Colonel Towneley, by winning 

 it three years in succession. A portrait of Butter- 

 fly was given in the Farmers' Magazine for April, 

 1852 ; and of her dam again. Buttercup, earlier 

 in the series, so that the tribe is well represented 

 in this work. 



In 1858, at the Chester meeting of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, Royal Butterfly was first 



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shown — amongst the bull calves above six and 

 under twelve months old. Contrary to the general 

 expectation he was, however, only highly com- 

 mended ; Mr. Fawkes's Bon Gar9on taking the 

 first prize, and Mr. Forrest's Comet the second. 

 But Royal Butterfly was very ill at the tim.e, and 

 had to be removed from the ground. 



At the Northallerton Meeting of the Yorkshire 

 Society he took the first prize of £l0 for bull 

 calves, the late Lord Londesborough sending the 

 second best, and Lord Feversham's Perambulator, 

 and Mr. Booth's Lord of the Isles, being highly 

 commended. 



In 1859, at the Warwick Meeting of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, Royal Butterfly took the 

 first prize of £25 as the best shorthorn bull more 

 than one year old ; Mr. Ambler's Prince Talley- 

 rand being placed second to him, and Mr. Lynn's 

 Great Comet third; while Mr. Armstrong was 

 commeniled for Vatican, and Mr. Hall for Robin 

 Hood. 



In a week or two afterwards, at the Hull 

 Meeting of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, 

 Royal Butterfly took the first prize of £20 for 

 yearling bulls, with Prince Talleyrand again second 

 to him, and Mr. Jolly's Hector commended. 



At the Durham County Show at West Hartle- 

 pool, Royal Butterfly took the first prize of £15 

 as the best bull under two years old. 



At the Blackburn Meeting of the Royal Lan- 

 cashire Society, Royal Butterfly took the first 

 prize of £10 as the best bull, with Mr. Dickenson's 

 Prince of Prussia second best. Butterfly also 

 received the silver medal as the best male animal 

 in the Show. 



In I860, at the Canterbury Meeting of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, Royal 

 Butterfly took the first prize of £30 for aged 

 bulls ; beating Mr. T, Dickenson's Prince of 

 Prussia, second to him ; Lord Feversham's Prince 

 Imperial third ; and in the highly commended, Mr. 

 Bradbourne's Sir Colin, and Mr. Ambler's Prince 

 Talleyrand. The simply commended bulls of the 

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