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old Princess in character and to carry the blood 

 of Charles Ceiling's White Bull (151) which 

 Mr. Bates prized highly. Her descendants, 

 however, did not acquire as much celebrity as 

 the other Kirklevington sorts. 



Blanche or Roan Duchess sort. Another 

 noted tribe resting upon a Kirklevington base 

 was that of Blanche, derived from the fine 

 old stock of Mr. Hutchinson of Grassy Nook. 

 Bates bred them for some time, and Blanche 

 5th, by the Duke of Northumberland, produced 

 in Mr. Towneley's hands Roan Duchess, dam 

 of the famous Royal prize-winning Roan Duch- 

 ess 2d by Frederick (11489). 



The Secrets. This tribe derives rank as "a 

 Bates sort" from the fact that the maternal 

 ancestresses were cows bred and owned by Mr 

 Bates. The foundation cow, old White Rose, 

 was a half-sister to the dam of Belvedere, both 

 being daughters of the Princess bull Young 

 Wynyard. When ten years old she was bred 

 to' Whitaker's Gambier (2046)! This was in 

 1832. The produce, the roan White Rose 1st, 

 to the cover of Short Tail, gave birth in 1837 

 to Secret, sold in 1844 to C. W. Harvey. The 

 family derives its name from this cow, and sub- 

 sequently attained reputation in two directions, 

 to-wit.: Bates-crossed in the hands of English 

 breeders and Scotch-crossed by Mr. Cruickshank 

 of Sittyton. No representatives of this (nor of 



