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to the white heifer Isabella (Vol. VI, page 405, 

 Coates' Herd Book), by Young Matchem (4422), 

 that subsequently produced the white Fitz 

 Leonard (7010), sire of Crown Prince (10087); 

 the big, broad-backed, heavy-loined roan sire 

 and show bull Vanguard (10994), that acquired 

 fame in the great Booth-bred herd of Mr. Torr, 

 and the roan heifers Innocence and Isabella 

 Buckingham. Innocence in turn produced the 

 white Leonidas (10414), that sired the famous 

 Monk (11824) also white one of the best of 

 the Warlaby bulls. Carr says that the hair of 

 Leonidas was so long that it fairly " waved in 

 the wind, like the wool on a sheep's back." 

 Isabella Buckingham, "a superb cow of great 

 substance," was a roan, dropped March 29, 

 1845, and as her name implies was a daughter 

 of Bracelet's son Buckingham. She thus joined 

 the blood of one of the greatest of all Killerby 

 cows to that of the queenly Isabella. The "im- 

 posing grandeur" of the Warlaby Isabellas was 

 a theme upon which admirers of the herd ever 

 loved to dwell, and Isabella Buckingham of 

 that line, like Charity, reaped a rich harvest of 

 ribbons and rosettes. 



Indeed after 1846 Warlaby 's place in the Na- 

 tional shows was for many years unquestioned. 

 At the Northampton Royal of 1847 Cherry Blos- 

 som (by Buckingham), a noble cow "with mas- 

 sive fore quarters and of stately presence," was 



