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of my trump," as the Captain termed her, and a 

 150-guinea purchase at Mason's sale), was bought to 

 replace him. This was also the figure which Messrs. 

 Cruickshank subsequently gave for Fairfax Royal 

 (6987), of Mr. Torr's breeding, at the Walkeringham 

 sale, and the Premier and Inkhorn heifers, for whom 

 he was destined, amounted with others to about 

 twenty-five. 



The Ury sale in '38 added largely to the herd, and 

 Clara by Mahomed (6170), her heifer Barcliana by 

 The Pacha (7612), and Strawberry by Second Duke 

 of Northumberland (3646) were among the acces- 

 sions, and all founders of tribes. Fairfax Royal's 

 stock turned out well, and his son Prince Edward 

 Fairfax from Princess was used for a season, till 

 Velvet Jacket (10998), a first-prize winner at the 

 Highland Society and at Aberdeen, took his 

 place for another, and then departed across the 

 Channel to Mr. Latouche. Matadore ( 1 1 800) in- 

 troduced Booth's Hopewell blood, and won wher- 

 ever he was shown, and after doing good Sittyton 

 service in the shape of a fine harvest of roans, he 

 was living, in his sixteenth year, at Mr. Allan 

 Pollok's in Ireland, and was even a f prize-winner 

 at thirteen. His son Lord Sackville (13247), from 

 Barcliana by The Pacha, went on till he was in his 

 sixth season, and got some capital cows, but nothing 

 has made his mark more profusely and decidedly on 

 the herd than The Baron (13833) by Baron War- 

 laby, from Bon Bon of the Sylph tribe. 



