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became a settled policy in the management of 

 the Booth herds, and had much to commend it, 

 for it enabled the owners to avail themselves 

 of the services of many bulls that developed 

 into great sires that would otherwise have been 

 lost to them in the ordinary course of selling. 

 From the Halnabys also came the bulls Rock- 

 ingham and Priam, the latter sire of the re- 

 nowned show "twins" Necklace and Bracelet. 

 To this same foundation also trace the Bianca 

 and Bride Elect sort. The famous cow White 

 Strawberry, the dam of the excellent stock bull 

 Leonard (4210), was the ancestress of Monk, 

 Medora, Red Rose, and her "queenly" quar- 

 tette of daughters Queen of the May, Queen 

 Mab, Queen of the Vale and Queen of the Ocean 

 all by Crown Prince. Young Matchem (4422) 

 descended from White Rose, an own sister to 

 Young Albion, and the same family gave 

 Young Rachel, the dam of Mr. Ambler's cele- 

 brated Grand Turk (12969). Indeed pages 

 might be filled with the triumphs in show- 

 yards and breeding herds of animals going 

 back to the yellow-red cow picked up by 

 Thomas Booth at Darlington market. 



The Bracelets. This family was derived 

 from one of the heifers sired by Suworrow. 



Danby challenged Mr. Thomas Booth to show, " for rump and dozen " (the 

 usual stakes at that day being: rump steaks and a dozen of wine), the best 

 lot of heifers he had agrainst the same number of his own, the match to be 

 decided at Bedale. Although a good lot the Danby had to give place to the 

 Klllerby and Warlaby contingent." 



