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in milk) Red Rose 18th was passed over, the 

 ribbon going to John Ceiling's Rosanne. In 

 the three-year-old ring (also in calf or in milk) 

 Short-horns 4th a fine dairy cow was first 

 and the Matchem heifer second in a class of 

 six. In a class of ten two-year-old heifers 

 Duchess 41st won, and in yearling heifers 

 (eight) Duchess 42d was second. These ratings 

 did not satisfy Mr. Bates. He felt that his 

 three best animals, "The Duke," Red Rose 13th 

 and Duchess 43d, had been rejected unfairly. 

 He therefore determined to show at 



The Oxford Royal of 1839. When the time 

 came Red Rose 18th was not in a fit condition 

 to travel, so Duke of Northumberland and 

 Duchess 43d were started along with Duchess 

 42d and the Matchem heifer. They were 

 shipped by steamer from Middlesbrough to 

 London.* 



This was the first meeting of the English 

 National Show. The exhibition was held upon 

 the farm of Mr. John Pinfold, and the entries 

 were not numerous. The Kirklevington cattle 

 were the center of attraction in the Short-horn 

 class, and Mr. Bates had the pleasure of seeing 



* " Bates went with them in the same steamship from Middlesbrough to 

 London and himself saw to their treatment. In landing at London Duke of 

 Northumberland slipped' and lay across the gangway. Bates patted him 

 on the head, calling him -poor boy, poor boy, and the huge animal re- 

 mained perfectly passive until he was rescued. Fortunately The Duke re- 

 ceived no injury. The four Short-horns proceeded from London in a 

 freight boat by the Aylesbury branch of the Grand Junction Canal, ' Vadr 

 wallader Bates. 



