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cows are kept; on our right winding through the Park we have 

 Hulne Abbey, or Holn Priory, now a ruin, built by, or rather for the 

 Monks from Mount Carinel in the 13th century, and opposite to 

 Biizlee Hill, said in some respects to resemble Mount Carmel. 

 Blushing Maid, the oldest of three sisters, and a fine old mossy coated 

 cow, showing signs of age, is the last but one left of Mayor of 

 Windsor's daughters ; Bridal Wreath, two years her junior by Fitz 

 Roland, has only been exhibited twice, and on each occasion was 

 awarded first, she is another fine cow, and the mother of a very 

 promising heifer, Bridal Gruest, by King David, straight and even in 

 her top and bottom lines, as well as very compact and squarely 

 built ; intended for exhibition purposes, she was with Lady Elizabeth 

 and Sunlight, at the Dairy farm, and a very creditable trio of heifers 

 of one tribe they are. Maid of Honour, own sister to Bridal Wreath, 

 was the intermediate calf between her and Blushing Maid. We 

 must not omit Lady Mary, a lengthy, fine cow, except a little high at 

 the tail head, she is the only daughter left from Lady Jane, winner of 

 second in a large and excellent class of cows at Derby Royal. 



The Daisies came from Stanwick in 1850, in the shape of 

 Magpie, by Barton 8871 ; of this family have been bred Snowstorm, 

 the second prize yearling at the Birmingham Royal, and first at 

 Liverpool the year following, and Mountain Daisy, the second prize 

 cow at the recent Royal at Preston, she has hardly the scale of some 

 of the Alnwick Castle cows, and is inclined to be patchy, but 

 certainly she has a wonderful good back. In addition to the 

 Stanwick Daisies, there are the Angus ones five m number, already 

 two ahead of the others. Daisy's Gem, by Ben Brace, was purchased 

 at the Broomley sale, and is a fine old cow now at Aluwick, having 

 her blood red daughter, Daisy's Pride, alongside of her, they are a 

 very large framed even fleshed family, " the.se Daisies never get patchy," 

 our guide remarks. The " Dale " tribe, so called because for some 

 time past, the females have been named after some dale, and will 

 henceforth be so named. Their ancestress is a cow named Invalid, 

 bred by Mr. Lax, of Kirkbridgc, which came to Alnwick in 185U, 



