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that of Mr. Ackers, Mr. Hutchinson purchased for him Patience 

 Q-renville 2nd, a lengthy, straight calf, out of Patience Grenville, as 

 well as Flower of Prinknash 5th ; let but his future purchases be 

 made on the same lines, and once more Bainesse will be noted as 

 the home of good shorthorns. 



From Mr. Hutchinson's a couple of miles brings us to Killerby, 

 so magic a name in the annals of Booth shorthorns, and the history 

 of which has already been written by Mr. Carr, so it would be 

 superfluous to attempt to go over the ground covered by one so 

 well up in his work. The owner of the herd was away at Torquay 

 for his health, and since alas ! what breeders are not aware of the 

 the calamity which has befallen the shorthorn world in the loss of 

 its popular owner. The late Mr. John Booth has been described as 

 the beau ideal of an English country gentleman,' much esteemed by 

 all who knew him, and one of the most successful of the many 

 excellent men who have devoted their time and means to shorthorn 

 breeding. 



The fame of Killerby has of late years been well upheld by the 

 great success in the show yards, of animals either sired by bulls 

 hired from Mr. Booth, or by their sons. Mr. Wm. Linton, of 

 Sheriff Hutton, was one of the first to use Killerby sires ; and the 

 successes of Sir Arthur Ingram, Leeman, Arthur Benedict, and 

 Beau Benedict, sons of Sergeant Major, and Paul Potter, are well 

 known. At Mr. Linton's sale, Sir Arthur Ingram passed into Mr. 

 W. Handley's hands, and Beau Benedict into Mr. E. Thompson's, 

 where each have been the sire of most of the distinguished animals 

 exhibited by those breeders so successfully at recent shows. Mr. B. 

 St. John Ackers purchased several females of the Georgie family 

 from Killerby, and it was this tribe that produced Queen of the 

 Georgians, and Western Georgie, while many of Mr. Hutchinson's 

 exhibits have been by Hecuba bulls, notably Lady Playful, Gratia, 

 Gainful, and Grateful. Duke of Aosta 28356 (a son of K. C. B. 

 so long used at Killerby), was bred by Mr. Hutchinson, but exhib- 

 ited by Mr. A. H. Browne at the Royal at Taunton, where he was 



