4 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



Crossing to the opposite side of the yard in one of some half- 

 dozen open-fronted boxes here Duchess 119th, the plum of the herd 

 resides, a cow full of shorthorn grace and character with beautiful 

 head and horns, deep full chest, good ribs and shoulders, lengthy 

 even quarters, and not to be omitted is the important fact that she 

 had only been dried a short time previous to our visit, after being 

 in rnilk almost eleven months. Constitution is not lacking in 

 Duchess 119th, and our advice to those who so persistently 

 advocate "direct" outcrosses, is go and see this healthy, vigorous 

 specimen of the Duchesses at Wetherby, the result of many slight 

 admixtures of alien blood ; it may prove of interest to our readers 

 to have them set forth, her sire 2nd Cherry Duke 28170, altho' 

 by^3rd Duke of Wharf dale was from the " Marmaduke " cow, 

 thus bringing in the Gwynne element, a curious fact is that Mr. 

 Bolden's 3rd Grand Duke 16182 is introduced in both the 

 " Cherry " and the 2nd Duke of Harrington's pedigree thro' being 

 the sire of their respective grandams, and with him comes in the 

 Warlaby Farewell blood, thro' 2nd Duke of Bolton 12739, this 

 bull again appears as grandsire of 10th Grand Duke who in turn 

 got 18th Duke of Oxford, the sire of 2nd Duke of Barrington 

 on both sides of the house, the dam of the Barrington bull was by 

 9th Duke of Oxford, a son of Mr. Bolden's Prince Imperial 15095, 

 the great grandsire of H)th Grand Duke. 



Mild Eyes 8th, one of 5th Duke of Wetherby's daughters, 

 before leaving his birthplace for Holker, was 13 years old on July 

 24th last, when on a second visit six weeks later, another Mild 

 Eyes the 12th had been brought in from the Park and occupied 

 the adjoining box, comparing the two, we preferred the old cow, as 

 in her younger days she must have been a grand specimen of a 

 shorthorn, the younger, a dark roan, is also a good cow, bred at 

 Duncombe Park, she still owns one of the Wetherby Dukes for her 

 sire. Waterloo Duchess 2nd, a true specimen of the tribe, wealthy, 

 heavy fleshed, and of the notorious yellow red and white, has a daugh- 

 ter Waterloo 24th, which has curiously never been found in season, 



