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land, tracing on the dam's side to Fanny, by 

 Garioch Lad. With Gambetta came the. fine 

 roan cow Rose of Dalkeith (of the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch's breeding), carrying the blood of Royal 

 Errant and Sir James the Rose. There was 

 also the Clipper cow Cinderella 2d. In May, 

 1883, the Bates-bred roan bull Berkeley Duke 

 of Oxford 2d 54790, bred by Lord Fitzhardinge 

 and sired by the celebrated Duke of Connaught, 

 was imported along with three Bates-bred 

 heifers. Later in the year additional ship- 

 ments of Scotch and mixed-bred cattle of much 

 individual merit were made, embracing such 

 good cows as Belle of Albion, Golden Lace, 

 Golden Mint, Fannie B. 30th, Jennie Lind 

 12th, Venus 2d and Sweet Pea. In June, 1884, 

 Mr. Hill received from England a lot of Bates- 

 bred cattle, including Grand Duchesses 43d 

 and 47th, Duchess of Wappenham, Duchess of 

 Oxford 2d, Grand Duchess of Barringtonia 5th, 

 Conishead Wild Eyes 2d, Wild Lady 2d, Lady 

 York and Thorndale Bates 8th, and, from Lord 

 Lovat of Scotland, Young Julia 3d. 



In the spring of 1885 Mr. Bruce bought on 

 order some forty yearling bulls, mainly in the 

 North of Scotland, that were shipped out to 

 North Oaks. He also secured for Mr. Hill the 

 Highland Society's first-prize roan bull Gold- 

 finder (47967), bred from the famous show stock 

 of Mr. Handley of Westmoreland, and sired by 



