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Princess Rosedale, by Rosedale Beauty's son, Royal Rosedale, which 

 was one of King of Scots's sons. Baroness Rosedale, is the youngest 

 of Rosalind's daughters, and by Barrister, a bull with three crosses of 

 Booth on one of the Angus pedigrees. Rosa, of the Wildair tribe, 

 was bought at Mr. W. White's sale on March 24th, '76, and five trace 

 their descent to her. This family is on a rather smaller scale than 

 the Rosedales, but very useful dairy cattle. 



Bellona, by a Rosedale bull, is a grand-daughter of Break of 

 Day, bred by Mr. J. Beat-tie, by his Booth Royal, out of Broom 

 Girl, by Duke of Tyne, a winner at Worcester in '63, and two 

 generations further comes John O'Groat, second to Master Butterfly, 

 at Carlisle. A recent purchase was Water Baroness, a well bred 

 Torr " W " heifer by Mr. Carr's Sir Windsor Broughton. Marquis, a 

 dark red useful yearling, had been bought at Lord Polwarth's last 

 spring sale, he is by Mr. Ackers's Royal Glo'ster, so half brother to 

 Lady Carew 13th, and Western Georgie, from Madaline Butterfly 

 of Mr. John Booth's Madaline family. The Booth portion of the 

 herd has been further strengthened by the purchase at Mr. Mitchell's, 

 of Lady Booth 12th, an upstanding heifer by Royal Sceptre 43967. 



Two stations nearer Newcastle is Birtley, where the Iron Co. 

 of that name at their Ouston Farm keep the purchases made for 

 them by Mr. Richardson during the past two seasons. A group of 

 cows seen on the road, before reaching Ouston, are easily recognisable 

 as shorthorns, Minstrel Gwynne 4th, from Lathorn, is much admired 

 on closer inspection, she is deep before, grandly ribbed, and carries 

 a sweet head well set on, by her side is Jenny Gwynne, by Capt. 

 Basset's Prince of Cranes 2nd. Minstrel Gwynne 6th, a roan, hardly 

 so attractive as the 4th, was seen indoors. Wave Witch, a white 

 of good quality, by King Malcolm, came from Barmoor twelve months 

 ago, along with her half-brother King Ronald, a lengthy roan bull, 

 now doing service here, he is from Easter Rose, a grand-daughter of 

 the Rev. Thomas Staniforth's Rose of Warlaby, the 550 guinea cow 

 at the dispersion of the Beeston herd. The purchases from Brought on 

 are also in this field. Pauline 25th, Shadow, and Christina, roans, are 



