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named Butterfly's Joy produced the good cow 

 Barmpton Flower, which, mated with Royal 

 Duke of Gloster, gave Mr. Cruickshank the ex- 

 cellent stock bull Barmpton (37763), famous 

 throughout America as the sire of imp. Baron 



brought out collections of Short-horns the world has ever seen. Butterfly 

 herself opened the ball, and with her rich loins, beautiful bosom and won- 

 derful quality walked through the show-rings of her time almost without 

 defeat. She had six living calves, and after her frame was bent with age 

 produced Royal Butterfly that was seen as late as in his thirteenth year at 

 the National Show at Manchester. He was a noble, thick-fleshed roan with 

 wonderful thighs. It was in 1853 that Butterfly gave birth to the world- 

 famous roan Master Butterfly. After winning firsts and championships 

 over all Britain, and heading the great Gold Medal herd shown at the Paris 

 Exposition of 1856, he was sold at the then extraordinary price of 1,200 

 guineas for export to Australia. Beauty's Butterfly was one of the most 

 noted of the winners and after gaining Royal honors, won at the London 

 Sm..thfield Pat-Stock Show, and returned to fresh triumphs in the breeding 

 rings the following year, earning for Culshaw a characteristic recognition 

 from Punch in verse under the heading "Joe's Lament." Space will not ad- 

 mit of our recording here even the names, much less the winnings, of the 

 Towneley cattle. From the years 1850 to 1864 they were constantly seen at 

 the leading exhibitions of England, Scotland and Ireland, winning upward 

 of $10,000 in cash besides twenty-two challenge cups. Culshaw was not 

 only the prince of all "trainers" of his time, but had most extraordinary 

 success in holding his show cows to their work as breeders. Richard 

 Gibson, who knew him well, submits the following tribute: "Mr. Culshaw 

 was one whose name will be identified with Short-horns long after many 

 of his contemporaries are forgotten. Of a quiet, unobtrusive temperament' 

 still he had a forceful manner; his word was trusted, but in his strong 

 provincial dialect he had more power with which to express himself than 

 had he been loaded to the muzzle with Latin and Greek. Of him it is said 

 that his equal had never been who could keep on showing successfully and 

 have his show cattle breed regularly and keep on producing winners. He 

 graduated from a good school, his father being employed at Sir C. Temp- 

 est's, and under Tom Mason he and his half-brother, George Moore (still 

 at Holker), made for themselves reputations that will be ever green. 

 Moreover, from the same school was sent forth James Knowles, whose 

 name was so intimately connected with the herds of Lord Ducie and of 

 Col. Gunter." 



A second herd was begun by Col. Towneley shortly after the dispersion 

 of the original stock in 1864. Some of the Butterfly cows were bought back, 

 but Bates blood predominated. Royal Butterfly had been reserved at the 

 closing-out sale at an upset price of 1,200 guineas. The Bates-bred Baron 

 Oxford, however, was the principal sire used in the second herd. Some 

 Oxford females were also added. The show-yards were again invaded and 

 daughters of Baron Oxford were winners at the Manchester, Oxford and 



