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longer and more level hind quarters." Writing 

 in 1880 John Thornton said: "Many old breed- 

 ers still maintain that as Duke of Northumber- 

 land was one of the finest bulls so Bracelet was 

 the finest cow in their recollection." In 1843 

 Necklace overcame all opposition at Doncaster. 

 These famous cows together brought home as 

 trophies of show-yard war some thirty-five class 

 and championship prizes and medals; Necklace 

 finishing her career by winning a gold medal 

 against thirty-seven competitors at the Smith- 

 field Fat-Stock Show at London in 1846. 



Buckingham. Bracelet was not only a 

 reigning show-yard queen, but proved a grand 

 breeder, producing the fine white show cow 

 Birthday, by Lord Stanley (4269), the prize bull 

 Hamlet, by Leonard, and that extraordinary 

 sire Buckingham (3239), the latter the result of 

 mating with Col. Cradock's Mussulman (4525). 

 Buckingham was sold to Richard Booth, who 

 had in the meantime succeeded to his father's 

 estate of Warlaby, and in his hands proved a 

 uniform getter of broad-backed, round-ribbed 

 stock, with shapely fore quarters and well-filled 

 flanks. He was subsequently let to Mr. Barnes, 

 who established a noted herd of Booth-bred 

 cattle at Westland, Ireland, but the bull was 

 unfortunately lost by the burning of the chan- 

 nel steamer that was conveying him to the Em- 

 erald Isle. Buckingham introduced the Old 



