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recording the pedigrees of his herd in its earher 

 days ; and man}^ of the animals sold were only 

 just admissible into the herd book. 



A large portion of the herd Avas descended 

 from Bertha by Welcome Guest (15497), and 

 Myrtle by Fitzclarence (14552), both of them 

 from Vangfuard cows, bred bv the Misses Eden, 

 of Morton-on-Swale. Unfortunately no regular 

 record had been kept of the animals bred by 

 these ladies ; but there is no doubt that they 

 were, to all intents and purposes, pure shorthorns, 

 for, for many years, Warlaby bulls alone had 

 been used amongst their cows. Still there was 

 no reliable j)edigree forthcoming, and Mr. 

 Outhwaite's pocket, notwithstanding the brilliant 

 prize record his cattle possessed, suffered ac- 

 cordingly. The Kachel tribe, of which Vivan- 

 diere, who had unfortunately died in calving in 

 1875, was a prominent member, was well repre- 

 sented. The average for twenty-eight cows and 

 heifers was .£83 lis., and for six bulls and calves 

 £34 13s ; and the total amount realised by the 

 sale of Mr. Outhwaite's cattle was £2,547 6s. 

 There was no advance on the reserve of 5000 

 guineas which was put on Royal Windsor ; and 

 Lord Godolphin was passed, and this accounts for 

 the low average the bulls made. 



'"Mr. Outhwaite's successes during the fifteen 



'■'During the fifteeu years Mr. Outhwaite was an exhilntor, he 

 won one hundred and twenty-two first prizes, nineteen seconds. 



