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the winning rosette was handed to his trusty 

 henchman Franky may be imagined but it can 

 scarcely be described, and he threw up his hat 

 and shouted, " Ah always knew thoo was a clever 

 fellow, John Outhwaite, but ah never knew what 

 a clever fellow thoo is till now." 



When the last great sale was held at Bainesse 

 a reserve of 5000 guineas was put upon Royal 

 Windsor, and he was unsold. He was not shown 

 much after this but was a valuable animal at the 

 stud. 



Lord Godolphin and Vivandiere were two 

 famous animals to be in one herd at the same 

 time, and Mr. Outhwaite had some good ones 

 coming on as well. On one occasion, at the 

 Yorkshire Show, Vivandiere took the Champion 

 Prize amongst females, and Lord Godolphin 

 amongst bulls, whilst a heifer won in a very good 

 class. As he was going home Mr. Outhwaite 

 remarked to Mr. Hutchinson, " What a won- 

 derful man that John Outhwaite is I What a 

 wonderful man that John Outhwaite is !" And 

 then after a lapse of a few minutes he followed 

 it up by saying, '' Teasdale, there's eight first 

 prizes offered at t' Yorkshire Show, and sum 

 day afore ah dee ahs'll fetch 'em all to Bainesse." 

 This Avas a biggish order, and there is no doubt 

 Mr. Outhwaite would have tried to fulfil his 

 boast, and made a good try too ; but we question 

 very greatly whether he would ever have showed 



