IS SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



of form, that in the future she will be conspicuous in the prize list, 

 at locil shows she has already triumphed. A red and white, every 

 inch a shorthorn, comes out from the shippon, winner of 1st at one 

 of the Christmas Fat shows, and without recorded descent, she is 

 now safe in calf, and Mr. Metcalfe -Gibson intending to breed from 

 her is endeavouring to trace her ancestors, there can 1*3 no question 

 they must have been animals of merit, and here we have an instance 

 of the good shorthorn bulls do to the general stock of a country, 

 when we gaze upon the magnificent frame of this at present non- 

 pedigree cow. Queen Anne, a grand-daughter of Mr. W. Mitchell's 

 Queen Booth, is of the favourite old Rosamond family. Golden 

 Rose, and Easthorpe Strawberry 9th, two co\vs of good appearance, 

 we must not omit to mention ere we hurry away to catch our train. 



On our arrival at Kirkby Stephen, being within 10 minutes 

 walk of AVharton Hall, we avail ourselves of the opportunity to see 

 Mr. A. 0. Dent's shorthorns, despite the fact of it being market day, 

 and the probability of the owner being in the town. On coming to 

 the ancient Hall, formerly the seat of the Lords of Wharton, we 

 find such to be the case, but a son keen on shorthorns kindly acts as 

 guide. The pedigree portion of the herd, never very numerous, we 

 learn has met with bad luck, and a number of females have been 

 drafted as graziers of late years, until they are reduced to a good 

 half dozen, our first interview is with Lady Lucidora, quite a heroine 

 in local show yards, when exhibited, having come out victorious seven 

 times, she is a daughter of British Queen, by British Crown, a cow 

 which came from Mr. Heugh's of Northallerton. Baron Bolton 2nd, 

 the sire in general use for the farm stock, is a very lengthy bull, 

 possessing a grand flank, with loins well covered, and comes from 

 the prize winning family of Laurestinas, well known in this and the 

 adjoining County. A red and white bull calf the produce of the last 

 two animals, has a somewhat feminine head, but a rare good flank, 

 and loins like the sire. Lady G-odiva, by Mr. John B. Booth's Prince 

 Regent, a great grand-daughter of British Queen, is not four years old 

 till the sixth of next month, yet has the credit of a couple of calves, 

 and giving 10 quarts per diem for six weeks after calving, her teats 



