132 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



quarters were very long and flat, his thighs, 

 flank and twist remarkably deep and full, and 

 his legs short and fine below the knee. From 

 the top of his shoulder to the tip of his brisket 

 he measured four feet ten inches." After win- 

 ning at the Carlisle Royal in 1855 an Australian 

 breeder offered l.OOO for him, which proposi- 

 tion Mr. Booth declined. Windsor was sire of 

 the great show cow Soldier's Bride, presently 

 to be mentioned. 



A few years later the big, all-conquering 

 Nectarine Blossom, by Crown Prince, appeared. 

 In 1857 she was the first-prize cow at York. In 



1858 she was first at the Royal, first at the 

 Yorkshire and winner of the 100-guinea cup at 

 Durham Show as best animal in the yard. In 



1859 she was again first among cows at the 

 Royal. Of this tribe also was that broad, thick- 

 fleshed prize cow Venus Victrix, shown by John 

 Booth, as* already noticed. 



Bride, Bridesmaid and Bride Elect. A 

 branch of Mr. Booth's favorite old Halnaby 

 tribe threw out a blooming bevy of show-yard 

 favorites between the years 1847 and 1857, be- 

 ginning with Bagatelle by Buckingham, and 

 including Bride, by Hopewell, Bridesmaid by 

 Harbinger, and the extraordinary white cow 

 Bride Elect by Vanguard (10994). The latter 

 was regarded as the wonder of her day in re- 

 spect to her astonishing development of bosom 



