number of famous sons and daughters, 

 including Fitz Leonard (7010), Vanguard 

 (10994), and the roan heifers Innocence 

 and Isabella Buckingham. The latter, in 

 her time, was a famous show cow, being 

 celebrated for victories won at the Royal 

 in 1846 at Northampton, and in 1847 at 

 York, winning second place in 1848 at the 

 Norwich Royal. 



In early days at Killerby was another 

 famous cow, sired by Pilot, the sire of 

 Isabella, Anna by name. Her son, Ar- 

 gus, and Isabella's son, Isaac, were used 

 on the herd, and from their blood came 

 the cow Toy, a daughter of Argus, and 

 the bull Priam (2452), a son of Isaac. A 

 mating of Toy and Priam produced the 

 famous twin heifers Bracelet and Neck- 

 lace, no doubt the most remarkable 

 Shorthorn twins in English history. Isa- 

 bella Buckingham was sired by a son 

 of Bracelet by the name of Buckingham 

 (3239), a combination of the choicest 

 Booth families. "The 'imposing grandeur' 

 of the Warlaby Isabellas," says Sanders, 

 "was a theme upon which admirers of 

 the herd ever loved to dwell, and Isabella 

 Buckingham of that line, like Charity, 

 reaped a rich harvest of ribbons and ro- 

 settes." 



But few cows live to such a ripe old 

 age as did Isabella. What a record! 

 Eighteen years of noble service in giv- 

 ing her life blood, that the name and 

 fame of Booth Shorthorns might be per- 

 petuated. And down through the gener- 

 ations the blood of Isabella has fulfilled 

 the highest mission of her kind, thereby 

 entitling her to a place in the Shorthorn 

 hall of fame, if such there be. 



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