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(11847), by Water King (11024) out of Bloom 

 by Buckingham; second dam the celebrated 

 Hawthorne Blossom. At the sale of Sir Chas. 

 Knightley in 1856 Mr. Thorne bought the cows 

 Blouzelind and Mrs. Flathers, both by Earl of 

 Dublin, and Elgitha, by Balco. This gave him 

 a dip into the most noted dairy strain of the 

 day in England. From Col. Towneley he bought 

 the two heifers Miss Buttercup, by the cele- 

 brated Master Butterfly (13311), and Buttercup 

 2d, by Horatio (10335). These five cattle cost 

 over $5,000. From other sources he obtained 

 Darlington 6th, Maria Louisa and Dewdrop. 



In 1857 the entire Morris & Becar herd, con- 

 sisting at that date of fifty-three head, was pur- 

 chased for $35,000. This gave Thorndale a vir- 

 tual monopoly of the Duchess and Oxford blood 

 in America and an investment in Short-horns 

 mounting well up toward $100,000. Opera- 

 tions of such magnitude did not fail to create 

 more or less of a sensation in cattle-breeding 

 circles on both sides the Atlantic. During this 

 same year Mr. Edwin Thorne, then in England, 

 bought and sent out to his brother Samuel the 

 bull Grand Turk (12969), bred by Bolden, rep- 

 resenting a cross of Grand Duke (10284) on the 

 Booth cow Young Rachel by Leonard (4210). 

 It thus appears that Thorndale drew upon the 

 most noted strains of the breed, besides impart- 

 ing an impetus to the trade in England and 



