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such sound old blood as that of Charles Col- 

 ling's Old Daisy and Magdalena; Robert Col- 

 ling's Bright Eyes and Golden Pippin; Mason's 

 Portia; Maj. Rudd's Daisys; Mr. Charge's Pret- 

 tymaid and Venus; John Booth's Moss Roses 

 and Bracelets; Wetherell's Rosanne, a Red 

 Rose through the American Cow's line; Col. 

 Trotter's Georgiana, the Feldom tribe, from 

 whence came the celebrated progeny of Fair 

 Frances; Miss Fairfax, dam of the Bristol Royal 

 winner Sir Thomas Fairfax; the prolific Moss 

 Rose, and Nonpareil, the dam of the great bull 

 Norfolk (2377), sold to Mr. Fawkes and resorted 

 to by Thomas Bates. In fact Bates bought 

 Nonpareil at Mr. Whitaker's dispersion sale of 

 1833 for 102 guineas, besides breeding some of 

 his best cows to her son. 



Wetherell, the "Nestor" of the trade. As 

 a mere lad Wetherell listened to the lively 

 bidding under the lime trees at Ketton in 1810, 

 and like many others had an enthusiasm for 

 the "red, white and roan "kindled in his breast 

 that day which .lasted throughout a long 

 and useful life. At the Barmpton sale eight 

 years later he bought Lady Anne at 100 guin- 

 eas and Cleopatra at 133 guineas, and before 

 night had them lodged at Holm House, where 

 he proceeded to build up his first herd. Here 

 was bred the famous Rosanna and the bulls 

 Magnet (2240) and St. Leger (1414), the latter 



