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between them, In fact, in a dirty lane difficulty, they 

 consider him equal to two horses and a half. His iine 

 forehand and thighs strike you, in spite of his very low 

 condition ; but it is not until you have seen his collar 

 and blinkers removed, and hung on a nail behind him, 

 that you can compass the idea that he is a bull at all. 

 Mr. Stratton has used him ever since he got him in 

 1855, with the exception of one season, when he was 

 let to Mr. Moore, of Ilanley ; and, so far, there 

 have been about 100 calves at I3roadhinton by him. 

 We missed saveral of the young bulls, whom we had 

 seen the October before. Fairy King had gone to a 

 Cornwall company ; Athelstane to Mr. Coleman, near 

 Calne ; and Fitzjames by Hermit was let to Mr. Strick- 

 land, of Apperley Court, Gloucestershire, whose father 

 was a purchaser of bulls from the Colings. The Duke 

 of Cleveland (15925), from Daisy, and a complete 

 union of Booth and Bates, tlirough Duke of Bucking- 

 ham (11428), and Cleveland Lad was also among the 

 absentees, at Lord Willoughby's, of Compton Verney. 



Duke Humphrey by Hermit, the winner of the second 

 bull-calf prize at Warwick, had improved much since 

 then. He is Moss Rose on both sides, and his deep 

 flank, fine thigiis, and expressive head, all strike one 

 very favourably. There is a great deal of sweetness 

 and placidity about the Hermit heads, which diiTer 

 quite in their style from the Red Dukes', which are 

 gayer, more prominent in the top knot, and with a good 

 deal of white. Hermit did more for the herd than his 

 sire Hickory, but he was sold to Australia for i,200, 

 and died on the voyage out. Hickory was principally 

 crossed with Red Duke cows, and we found the last of 

 his bulls in the shape of Hickory Nut from Chloe, 

 rather strong in his shoulder-points, but a robust level 

 fellow, who took our fancy not a little. Young Windsor, 

 from a Hopeful dam, is also a nice-fleshed young bull, 

 and they expect to have nearly 40 calves by him this 

 season. He is white himself, and from light-coloured 

 cows his stock invariably come white, but from red 

 ones, a rich roan, with a white blaze behind the shoulder. 

 They have broad backs and a very neat muzzle ; and 

 little Garrick fiom Actress, seemed the plum up to that 

 point. Rhoderick is the only Buckingham bull they 

 have now in use, and it was not a little unlucky that one 

 of Mr. Stratton's customers at the antipodes should 

 have wanted Booth blood, and made a tempting offer 

 for his sire at the end of his first season. We found 

 his dam, First Duchess of Glo'ster, with a newly dropped 

 Young Windsor calf, looking quite the matron of the 

 herd. She is a little rumpy from age, but still preserves 

 all the frame and style that old breeders so love and 

 long for. Broad heads seemed the peculiarity of a fall 

 of Buckingham calves, nearly all of which have a pecu- 

 liar curly love-lock, just under the ear. Marc Antony 

 by Marcus (a son of Hickory and Marcia Scd), is intend- 

 ed, along with Duke Humphrey, for the yearling bull 

 class at the Royal this year. The former will fight at a 

 great disadvantage, in consequence of being such a late 

 calf; still he is a nice level little fellow, with a capital 

 light roan coat on his back, and rather like Royal But- 

 terfly about the head. His grandam, Marcia 3rd, won 

 some fifteen times, beginning as a yearling; but she 

 never lived to see her new American home in the " blue 

 grass region," or wherever it might be, as the ship ran 

 foul of another, and stove her berth in so completely 

 that she got loose and broke her leg in the confusion. 



The cows seemed to be composed principally of 

 Hickories, Tenantries, Red Dukes (many of them red, 

 with a blaze of white on the thigh), and Waterloos. To 

 begin with the former : we had Sylvia, a neat own sis- 

 ter to Hickory Nut; Primitive, and Miss Prim, a gay 

 little cow, own sister to the gold medal steer, from 

 Red Prim. Her last bull-calf has just been sold to 



Mr, Bartholomew Horsell, of Rhabson, who breeds en- 

 tirely from Mr. Stratton's tribes. Sultana 2nd, by 

 Hickory, from Sultana, had the first prize at Cardill" 

 the year before last, and the champion Oxford- 

 shire prize the same season as the best in 

 the yard at Banbury. She is going to the Royal ; 

 but although there is a good deal of substance and 

 sweetne.'s about her, she seems hardly big enough. 

 There was also Harmless 3rd, the first of the Hermits, 

 and IMichaelmas Rose by the same bull, and the last of 

 Young Moss Rose's produce. Old Moss Rose's last 

 was there, in the shape of Matchless 5th by Hickory, 

 the (lam of the yearling Matchless 8th by Buckingham, 

 which certainly does not look advanced enough lor 

 Canterbury. Matchless Gth is the first daughter of the 

 Warwick cow, and does her ample justice with her nice 

 flank, good back and breast, and neat offal. In her 

 head she slightly resembles her mother, and has more 

 of the Booth character, which she gets through her sire, 

 Hickory. She was born a little before her time, and 

 had to be kept for some days in blankets. At Worces- 

 ter she had a first prize, and was highly commended 

 at the Royal ; but a year with Faith, Maid of Athel- 

 stane, and Duchess 77ih in it is tremendous, and they 

 do not intend to go on with her. Gazing at us among a 

 group of twenty calves, nearly all Buckinghams or 

 Hermits, in a straw yard, was her second calf, a white 

 heifer by Victory ; her third, a robust-looking bull- 

 calf by Nottingham, was a few sheds from her in the 

 home yard ; but the fourth essay has been made 

 with Young Windsor. Matchless 3rd was twice over 

 placed second to her dam Matchless 2nd, as dairy cow 

 at Worcester, two years before she gained her second 

 prize in Rose of Towneley's class at Smithfield ; but 

 Matchless 4th had to bow to her at Cardiff. The latter 

 is only a little past five, and has won ten prizes in 

 all ; her peculiar Roman nose, great width of back, 

 large bag, and Bridesmaid sort of breast, all contribute 

 to make her a remarkable cow ; and we can hardly 

 wonder that she has twice over achieved such high Royal 

 honours. 



The Tenantry cows were, as a tribe, remarkably large 

 and roomy. Clove, with her fine slashing frame, looks 

 exceedingly well in the pasture, though she may be a 

 trifle big in the hips. Satin and Landlady also took 

 our fancy ; but the latter is not so neat in her rumps as 

 she is in her neck. Then came Sunset, a hardy style of 

 cow by Nottingham ; and her half-sister Actress, with a 

 neat forequarter, and compact altogether, and highly 

 commended in the dairy class at Warwick, while Blos- 

 som and Lizzy were the second pair in the dairy class 

 at Chester. The latter is not unlike, but rather bigger 

 than Rose of Sharon, and up to twenty-four quarts of 

 milk a day, at the height of the grass. We looked 

 more at Whinny by Red Duke, from admiration for the 

 Nottingham steer calf at her side, which is to be pre- 

 pared for '62; but old Buttercup, another of the Red 

 Dukes, and the dam of Satin, seems to be wasting away. 

 In her prime, she has always been a wonderful milker, 

 and, with the exception of one week, she went on for 

 three years without a break. Red Rose must certainly 

 not be forgotten ; and Salthrop Rose by Waterloo, from 

 Young Moss Rose, was rather a striking cow, somewhat 

 like the Aylesby Garland in her colour, and stylish 

 in her head. Miss Glanville 2nd by Waterloo was also 

 big and full of character ; and both Cleopatra 3nd by 

 Waterloo, and her daughter Elegance by His Highness, 

 were of a smaller, but a very neat stamp. The former 

 is a great granddaugliter on both sides " to the old 

 cow," as they fondly term Moss Rose, and has been 

 known to give her twenty-eight quarts a day. As far, 

 however, as looks go. His Highness had done more for 

 his royal name with Essence of Roses, a nice level, 



