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23d, a straight good heifer by the Royal winner 

 Eose Cross. Thomas Fenn had third with Bravura, 

 by Good Boy, bred at Croome's Court. In two-year- 

 olds Allen Hughes was first with Princess, a good 

 daughter of Newton Plum, A. P. Turner was second 

 with Veronica, by Sir Edward, and Her Majesty 

 was third with Jenny Lind. The next was a very 

 large and good class of thirty-three, Her Majesty 

 again winning first prize, this time with Eose, by 

 Auctioneer, a very level stylish heifer with plenty 

 of size, good hair and quality, with nice character, 

 and standing square and good all around. Auction- 

 eer had been loaned for a time to Mr. Tait, the 

 Queen 's farm manager, but he unfortunately met 

 with an accident to his stifle joint and had to be de- 

 stroyed. He had been a very successful sire at 

 Court House, The Brakes and Leinthall. The second 

 went to John Price for Lady Constance, a daughter 

 of Monarch, dam by Auctioneer, so that both win- 

 ners in this large good class were nearly related.* 



*We may here record an incident of this Jubilee Royal at 

 Windsor that materially affected two leading- English agricultural 

 newspapers, "Bell's Weekly Messenger" and "The Farmer and 

 Stockbreeder." With the aid of a dictionary, some Germans had 

 been trying to trade for a heifer with one of the exhibitors, but 

 failed to connect. Shortly afterwards Mr. Alexander Macdonald, 

 the editor of "Bell's Messenger," then a leading London agricul- 

 tural paper, came by and asked the exhibitor how he was getting 

 on. The difficulty was explained to him, whereupon he said: "My 

 wife speaks German like a native. I will get her to come and 

 meet you and them tomorrow." She came, but not the Germans. 

 Macdonald passed by several times, but did not stay to talk. 

 When he sent his report of the show to the printers the railway 

 guard, through some error, failed to deliver it. James Sinclair, 

 editor of the "Live Stock Journal," had his report out early next 

 morning. Macdonald was much later. The proprietor of "Bell's 

 Messenger" blamed Macdonald, accusing him of having neglected 

 his duty. He was very indignant and designed. About a fort- 

 night later he bought a little paper called "Agriculture," the 

 name of which was changed to the "Farmer and Stockbreeder." 

 It has been a success, and "Bell's Messenger" is a thing of 

 the past. 



