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and grew up to fame under the title Sir Thomas 

 Fairfax (5196), a Royal and Yorkshire winner. 

 He was sold at four years to B. Wilson of Bra- 

 with for 250 guineas. These Whitaker cows 

 and others, mainly of Booth, Buccleuch and 

 Brawith breeding, constituted a herd that sup- 

 plied many prize bulls and heifers at the Eng- 

 lish shows, among them being the white Lord 

 Marquis (10459), by the 200-guinea bull Lauda- 

 ble (9282). The dam of the Marquis was out 

 of Zuleika, a daughter of Norfolk's, out of the 

 Booth-bred Medora. 



John Thornton tells us that the herd was 

 made up largely of " full roans," and that it was 

 the owner's practice to use light-colored bulls on 

 dark-colored cows as being more productive of 

 .good colors. Mr. Fawkes took a keen delight in 

 his cattle, and loved to entertain appreciative 

 visitors not only with the roans in his pastures 

 but among the wondrous "Turners" that hung 

 in the picture gallery at "the Hall." 



William Torr. One of the most remarkable 

 characters of his time was Torr of Eiby and 

 Aylesby, Lincolnshire. A contemporary of John 

 and Richard Booth and Thomas Bates; a man 

 of indomitable energy and extraordinary re- 

 sources, holding thousands of acres under 

 lease, he acquired fame as a successful tenant 

 farmer second to none in English history. Lei- 

 cester sheep and Short-horns were his favorite 



