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it existed at Warlaby inbreeding meant the 

 mating of close affinities, as nearly all ran back 

 originally to Hubback and Favorite through a 

 hundred different channels. So we find them 

 introducing at a comparatively early period the 

 Mason blood of Matchem to which Bates also 

 resorted later and Lord Stanley (4269), of the 

 Earl of Carlisle's breeding. The oreeding of 

 John Booth's Bracelet to Col. Cradock's Mus- 

 sulman, and of Richard Booth's White Straw- 

 berry to Lord Lieutenant, of Raine's blood, 

 proved to be wise procedure. Neither Buck- 

 ingham nor Leonard, the two bulls secured 

 from those outside services, were extraordi- 

 nary individuals. In fact the former was 

 called "shabby." But when the fresh blood 

 (50 per cent) carried by these bulls was re- 

 duced to 25 per cent, as found in their prog- 

 eny, the result, as must appear from the fore- 

 going recital, was all that could be desired. 

 Indeed, in the case of the matchless sire Crown 

 Prince both of these fresh currents met in di- 

 luted form. Lord Stanley, bred to Bracelet, 

 gave John Booth's noted show cow Birthday. 

 Two later attempts at outcrossing were 

 made, one through the bull Exquisite (8048) 

 and the other through Water King (11024), but 

 both were considered at the time as having 

 been unsuccessful. Nevertheless Isabella Buck- 

 ingham's daughter Sample, by Exquisite, was 



