THE OLD SHORT-HORN COUNTRY, 11 



most celebrated seats of Short-horn power. 

 Wending our way between vine-clad walls and 

 hawthorn hedges we traverse a gently-rolling 

 Yorkshire landscape having for a background 

 the distant Cleveland hills. Lost in admira- 

 tion at the moving picture, not wholly unlike 

 the fairest portions of the Blue-Grass region 

 of Central Kentucky, we presently sight "red, 

 white and roans" in all their glory, up to their 

 knees in richest grass, on a sod that represents 

 the growth of centuries. A Short-horn enthu- 

 siast's heart beats high as he here approaches 

 Warlaby and passing through a velvety lawn 

 stands at the threshold so sacred to the house 

 of Booth. There is a word to conjure with! 

 Redolent with its recollections of Crown 

 Prince, Queen of the May, Nectarine Blossom, 

 Bride Elect and other names that hold a place 

 in the great galaxy of Short-horn "immortals"! 

 " Many a valuable cup and hard-won medal 

 may there be seen. The portrait of many a 

 prize-taker decorates its rooms; and many a 

 pleasant hour has been spent and ancient story 

 told in this quiet Short-horn home, while the 

 genuine old squire 'refilled his pipe and showed 

 how fields were won.' ' 



Away in the bleaker Northland, far beyond 

 those beauteous English scenes bounded by 

 "Tweed's fair river, broad and deep," is a Cale- 

 donian cottage hid away in one of tha prettiesl 



