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time of the Studley sale of 1834 she (Isabella) 

 alone was retained and transferred to Warlaby, 

 where she produced in her eighteenth year the 

 heifer Isabella Matchem, that proved a prolific 

 breeder. The entire family was noted for its 

 tendency to lay on flesh rapidly on grass. 



" White Cow/' by Agamemnon, produced be- 

 sides Isabella Lady Sarah and " Own Sister to 

 Isabella." and was then sold to Mr. Paley. The 

 "Own Sister" became the dam of Blossom, 

 whose daughter Medora sold to Mr. Fawkes 

 proved an extraordinary breeder.* 



A Marshal Beresford cow, Madame, taken 

 from Killerby to Studley, became the matron 

 of a tribe that made up an important propor- 

 tion of the stock sold at the dispersion of 1834. 

 They were good milkers and ripened quickly 

 when not nursing calves. They were largely 

 descended through a cow called Miss Foote, 

 that was from Fair Maid, a daughter of Madame. 



Probably the two best bulls used at Studley 

 were Pilot (496), hired from Killerby, and Julius 

 Csesar (1 143), the latter a son of Young Albion (15) 

 out of one of the Killerby Red Roses by Albion 



* A writer in BelVs Messenger, probably Mr. William Housman, speaking 

 of this cow, said: "A gentleman who has been conversant with the herds 

 of Great Britain for at least a quarter of a century declares that one of the 

 most interesting sights he ever saw at an agricultural exhibition was on 

 the show ground at Otley some years ago, when, after the judging, the 

 famous Booth cow Medora, by Ambo, was led around the ring, followed by 

 her six daughters, all of them, as well as the mother, decorated with prize 

 favors. The daughters were Gulnare, Haidee and Zuleika (by Norfolk); 

 Victoria and Pair Maid of Athens (by Sir Thomas Fairfax), and a heifer 

 named Myrrha, by Buckingham (2560)." 



