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not only first in his class, but also the fire of Rosario 35315, and 

 Pioneer 35042, the first prize two year old and yearling bulls, both 

 exhibited by Mr. Browne. So it cannot be said that Mr. John 

 Booth has let the fame of Killerby diminish, when such records of 

 the winnings of animals so lull of the blood of his herd are to be 

 found in the annals of almost every show yard of importance, not 

 only this but breeders from 8outh America attracted thereby have 

 drawn largely upon the younger stock. 



The large portion of the herd is composed of animals of the 

 Hecuba tribe. Mr. Carr in his " History of the Booth Herds," 

 writes : " Another most valuable cow though of more recent 

 origin, remained at Killerby at Mr. Booth's death in 1857. Hecuba, 

 by Hopewell, from a dam by Hamlet, out of a Leonard cow. This 

 cow has all the Booth character, and transmits it to her offspring. 

 She is in colour a dense red ; a large animal on short legs ; when 

 not in milk, laying on flXsh with wonderful rapidity ; and when in 

 milk, she is what every cow ought to be, a great and deep milker, 

 with an udder whose size and form might provoke the cupidity of a 

 London dairyman. When young she was pronounced by one of 

 the best of judges, Mr. Eastwood, to be the very type of the true 

 shorthorn, the very model of a bull breeder. Hecuba, though born 

 in the year 1851, and therefore now about 16 years old, is as fresh 

 as an eight year old cow, and had a calf last September, 1866." 

 Since then Hecuba's descendants have been crossed with bulls of 

 Warlaby blood, and of their own family, so naturally a great 

 uniformity in the character of the herd exists, which has always 

 been kept by Mr. Booth in a healthy breeding state. Princess 

 Brigantine, a fine old cow, by that favourite sire Royal Benedict, is 

 now one of the older specimens of the family, being but a great 

 grand-daughter of Hecuba, she has bred three excellent heifers, 

 her youngest born being a red and white by Welcome Chief. After 

 seeing Vivacity, a G-eorgie, we pass under an archway and come to 

 Baltimore, a red son of King of Trumps, out of Brenhilda, a 

 grand-daughter of Lady of the Lake, sold to Mr. Cochrane for 

 500 gs., and when Brenhilda after being imported into this country 



