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of a cow that had been brought from the herd 

 of Mr. Harvey Combe of Cobham Park, Surrey, 

 Eng., who had obtained the family originally 

 from the Earl of Carlisle. Spicy, by Marma- 

 duke (14897), the cow taken from Surrey to 

 Aberdeen by Mr. Milne, had the reputation of 

 being an extra good one. At Sittyton her 

 daughter Spicy 4th, bred to Champion of 

 England, gave birth to the fine cow Silvery, 

 the ancestress of an excellent, although not 

 numerous, family. To this source the bulls 

 Strongbow (52230) and Sea King (61769) traced 

 their maternal origin. Strongbow was used 

 two seasons by Mr. Cruickshank, and one of 

 his get the bull Norseman (56233) entered 

 the herd of Her Majesty Queen Victoria at 

 Windsor. Of this same sort also was the roan 

 Spicy Robin (69638), the pick of the Deane 

 Willis bulls of 1895 and sold at twelve months 

 old for 250 guineas. 



The Lavenders. Mr. Cruickshank always 

 regretted having parted with the Wilkinson 

 cows previously mentioned in our references 

 to the Lancaster family, and he made repeated 

 efforts to recover some of the original Lenton 

 blood, for which he had the highest respect. 

 Some difficulty was met with, however, in 

 again acquiring satisfactory representatives of 

 that notfed Nottingham herd. A few of the 

 Hebes were finally obtained from Messrs. Dud- 



