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He left upwards of two hundred calves, and at one 

 time forty-five females in the herd were by him, prin- 

 cipally from Matadore cows. Mr. Cruickshank only 

 bid twice and got him for 155 gs., at Mr. Tanqueray's 

 sale. Master Butterfly 2nd (14918) had quite as 

 fine a chance during the twelvemonth and a day that 

 he survived his 400-guinea purchase at Bushey Grove, 

 but he failed to improve it, and finished up by dying 

 of affection of the brain. His stock were generally 

 red, and Cherry Bell and Clementine the best of them. 

 John Bull (11618) and Lancaster Comet (11663) 

 (the sire of Champion of England (17526), whose 

 stock are coming out well in hair and flesh) have 

 also been on the bull list; and Lord Raglan (13244), 

 Ivanhoe (14735), Lord Garlics (14819) by Heir-at- 

 Law, Mr. Peel's Malachite (18313), Mr. Ambler's 

 Windsor Augustus (19157), (the third yearling bull 

 at Battersea), Forth (17866), and Sir James the 

 Rose (15290) have been brought Northwards in 

 turn. 



Females were gradually bought up at every short- 

 horn sale ; and Watson's, Wilkinson's, Grant Duff's, 

 Holmes's, Robinson's of Burton, Speerman's, Dud- 

 ding's, Hopper's, Cartwright's, Wood's, Marjori- 

 banks's, Towneley's, Fawkes's, &c., have all contri- 

 buted something to the grand Sittyton total. The 

 largest sale at one time has been to Mr. Marjori- 

 banks, who took ten heifers in a lot at 1,000 gs. ; one 

 of them Khirkee, the founder of a most profitable 

 tree. This was followed by the sale of five more, 



