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A. L. Maynard's breeding; Marquis of Carrabas 

 (11789), a roan, bred by Fawkes of Farnley 

 Hall, and the Bell-Bates bull Billy Pitt (9967). 

 The roan Romeo (13619), bred by the Marquis 

 of Exeter, was bought on joint account, and 

 afterward proved a valuable "outcross" upon 

 the Oxfords. 



Mr. Becar was a Frenchman who had emi- 

 grated when a young man to the city of New 

 York, where he established himself as a mer- 

 chant, which occupation he for many years suc- 

 cessfully pursued. He married an American 

 wife, whose family held large possessions of 

 land on Long Island. He imported on his indi- 

 vidual account some sixteen head of cows and 

 heifers between the 'years 1850 and 1854. In- 

 cluded among these were the Bates-bred Oxford 

 6th, Lady Barrington 12th and Apricot. The 

 shipment also included the Secret heifer Sur- 

 prise and the white cow Songstress, the first of 

 the Gwynne family (closely allied to the Prin- 

 cesses) imported to America. This lot also in- 

 cluded the roan cow Actress, by Harkaway 

 (9184), that was subsequently sold to the Hon. 

 John Wentworth of Chicago, 111. This impor- 

 tation is notable also as having contained the 

 first specimen of the Mason Victorias brought 

 to this country namely, Victoria 26th, bred by 

 Mr. Holmes of Ireland and sired by the Booth 

 bull Baron Warlaby (7813). Two roan heifers 



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