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sold to Mr. Rennie for 250 guineas. The herd 

 was closed out in 1828 and another founded 

 near Durham by the purchase at strong prices 

 of good . cattle from contemporary breeders. 

 He gave 250 guineas for Emperor (1839) and 

 100 guineas for his dam Blossom at Mr. Hut- 

 ton's sale. Emperor was shown at the New- 

 castle Royal in 1846 and won over a field of 

 twenty-four competitors. He had in this herd 

 also the celebrated Barmpton Rose, and after 

 breeding Princess Royal from her she was sold to 

 Henry Watson. She was carrying at that time 

 Buttercup, that became the dam of Butterfly, 

 which when crossed with Frederick produced at 

 Towneley the never-beaten $6,000 Master But- 

 terfly. It was from Mr. WetherelPs third herd 

 at Kirkbridge that Eastwood got Blanche 5th 

 by Duke of Northumberland and Roan Duchess. 

 From these came Towneley's great Roan Duch- 

 ess 2d and the show heifer Blanche 6th. An 

 outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia nearly destroyed 

 the Kirkbridge Herd and the farm had to be 

 given up, but nothing daunted a fourth herd 

 was established at Aldboro. Here he had in 

 charge of his devoted herdsman, John Ward, 

 such good ones as the roan Moss Rose, that 

 stood next to Warlaby's Nectarine Blossom in 

 many a hard-fought battle; the beautiful Stan- 

 ley Rose "with her gay little head and Bride 

 Elect bosom"; the stately broad-backed Lady 



