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blood is again introduced as he is the sire of this bull's dam, and 

 was also sire to Duke of Cerisia 4th, the previous sire used at 

 Hartforth. Grwynne's Prince Saladin, a grandson of the ffne old 

 cow Christmas Grwynne, noticed in the Wetherby herd, is the 

 colleague of Mr. Sheldon's bull ; but Fairy Duke 4th 52857, of the 

 Fairy branch of the Old Daisy tribe, has since been purchased 

 from Mr. B. L. Barrow, he is a son of 50th Duke of Oxford, and 

 Violet, bred at Farnborough Hall, by Archdeacon Holbech. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Durham Herds. Cleasby. Smelt House. Thistleflatt House. 

 Plawsworth. Ouston. Northumberland Herds. Alnwick Castle. 

 Barmoor Castle. Chillingham Barns. Catchburn. West 

 Chevington. Cragside. Kirkwhelpington. Capheaton. Bearl. 

 South Acomb. The Spital. Wydon Burn. Eastgate. Elrington 



Hall. 



Cleasby, a small village near Darlington, has been associated 

 with Mr. Mitchell's name as a breeder of shorthorns for the last 47 

 years ; previous to coming to Cleasby he lived on a farm adjoining 

 Killerby, there like other tenants he had the use of Mr. Booth's 

 bulls, anct the Queens descended from Rosamond by Jack Tar, have 

 been in the family since 1835. Many sires have come over to Mr. 

 Mitchell's from Warlaby, including of late years Lord Protector, 

 Royal Coronet, Knight of St. Patrick, Master of Arts, and at 

 present Rajah, by Eastern Monarch, out of Manola, is in service. 

 Queen of Arts, and Queen William, are very handsome well fleshed 

 cows of this family. Queen of Diamonds, and Queen of the 

 Sceptre, are own sisters by Royal Sceptre, out of Queen of Arts, 

 and a very pretty calf is Queen's Coronet, from Queen Victoria, 

 who has likewise an '84 heifer in Queen of the Meadow. 



