268 SOME YORKSHIRE SHORTHORNS. 



From the time lie commenced farming Mr. 

 Outhwaite had devoted a considerable amount of 

 attention to the breeding of Shorthorns, but it 

 was the animal he looked at and not the pedigree, 

 and he never took the trouble to register the 

 pedigrees of any of the cattle he bred in early days. 

 There can be no doubt that many of his cattle were 

 much better bred than the pedigrees which he 

 could give them when he did commence to regis- 

 ter them would lead one to suppose, for he had 

 used the best Booth blood for many years. 



Mr. Outhwaite was a most successful exhibi- 

 tor, and perhaps won as high an average of prizes 

 as any man, a fact which was to be attributed 

 to his excellent judgment ; and his name instantly 

 calls to mind Koyal AVindsor, Vivandiere, Lord 

 Godolphin, Lord Zetland, and a host of other 

 winners, but the four we have named were perhaps 

 the best he ever owned. 



Of Royal Windsor he was especially proud, 

 and he was the most successful animal he ever 

 had. He was a beautiful touched beast with a 

 lot of fine silky hair, and his generally excellent 

 outline and fine masculine head won him a host 

 of admirers wherever he went. As a two-year- 

 old he was second when the Royal was at Wol- 

 verhampton in 1871, and was second at the York- 

 shire the same year ; and his fortunes culminated 

 in 1872 when he was the winning bull at the 

 Royal at Cardift'. Mr. Outhwaite's delight when 



