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Booth wealth of flesh, shortness of leg and 

 perfect fore quarters. The Battersea judges 

 called her "all that a cow should be." She 

 became the dam of the bull Prince of Batter- 

 sea, that won a lot of prizes as a calf and 

 yearling but died from the effect of overheat- 

 ing at the Newcastle Royal of 1864. The great 

 price of 800 guineas had been refused for him. 

 Queen of the Vale had a heifer, Queen of the 

 May 2d, that also became a great winner. 

 Three of the victories of Queen Mab, Nectarine 

 Blossom and Queen of the May reduced to Mr. 

 Booth's possession the Durham Society's 100- 

 guinea challenge cup, which thereafter became 

 an heirloom of the house of Warlaby. 



Vivandiere, Campfollower and Soldier's 

 Bride. One of the most remarkable of the 

 Warlaby matrons was the prolific Vivandiere, 

 by Buckingham. Her description indicates 

 that she was what the Scotch herdsmen call 

 "a lady coo," or what is in common cattle- 

 breeding parlance a "breedy" cow. Mr. Carr 

 incidentally gives us Richard Booth's testi- 

 mony to be added to that of nearly all other 

 eminent breeders to the effect that good breed- 

 ing cows usually have good heads. He says: 

 "The modest Vivandiere, with her beautiful 

 head, was frequently unobserved, except by the 

 admirers of a well-filled udder, unless brought 

 into notice by the quiet observation from her 



