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used at Thistleflatt House : these are Lady Harold's last additions 

 to the herd, she has been a most fortunate purchase, as between the 

 twins and Lady Hilda, there is Lady Helen, by Mr. Mitchell's Lord 

 Victor ; the half dozen being made up by a newly boi-n heifer calf out 

 of Lady Hilda. 



The " Rosamonds " have Queen of the~ Palace, now twelve 

 years old, and her very robust, good chested calf, full of hair, by 

 Brigadier, born in September, to represent them. Laura, by Mr. 

 Vicker's Royal 1st prize Duke of Howl John 33674, out of the 

 Stanwick cow Louisa, is of the right sort, milking heavily, and yet 

 retaining her flesh. Lottie, and Lena, are Laura's daughters by 

 Lord Booth, and Prince Hat-old, the latter the better fleshed of the 

 two. Dimsdale Hose, and Dimsdale Belle, are own sisters from 

 Diinsdale Lass, a family so called on account of the ancestress being 

 purchased from Mr. Emmerson, of Over Dimsdale, near Darlington 

 five and twenty years ago. Topsy, the companion purchase to 

 Louisa, at Alnwick, had Tulip ; arid Truthful and Trinket are useful 

 dairy cows from Tulip. 



From Mr. Fryer's to the Rev. Canon Wilkinson's at Thistle- 

 flatt House, is but little over a mile to walk, certainly the country, 

 high lying and exposed, hardly seems the proper place for pure 

 bred shorthorns to prosper and flourish, but Canon Wilkinson has 

 selected good heavy fleshed animals with sound constitutions, suit- 

 able for the climate. The herd was established only in 1874, and 

 at Mr. Nesham's sale in '76, Shamrock 22nd was purchased, of 

 which family there are three in the herd at present ; Red Cherry, des- 

 cending from Col. Cradock's Old Cherry, was also sold at Gain ford 

 Hall, and afterwards came to Thistleflatt. The old Certainty tribe 

 of Brawith fame was obtained in Yorkshire, and two specimens of 

 the Sowerbys full of old Booth blood came from Mr. Lin ton's sale. 

 Other purchases of more fashionable lineage have been added 

 during the last few years. Like Mr. Fryer, the owner took advan- 

 tageof Duke of HowlJohn's valuable services ; afterwards Blair Athol, 

 came from Lethenty, followed by Bi-igadier, bred at Singleton Park, 



