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The Selinas once in the hands of Mr. W. W. Slye, of Beaumont 

 Grange, go directly back to Countess, sold at Ketton when nine years 

 old for 400gs. From Messrs. Atkinson. Selina 7th, and her heifer 

 calf, Lady Selina, were bought, and as Mr. Patten truly remarks " they 

 breed well," and are now ten in number ; three sisters, from Lady 

 Selina, are very good, Lady Roberta, a handsome roan by Eastern 

 Emperor, is the youngest of the sisters, and the best of a group in a 

 far away shed, Countess Selina, and Lady Adelina, are the other 

 two. Lucretia 2nd, by Colonel Townley's Royal Butterfly 23rd, 

 came from the Peepy sale, in numbers they are not plentiful, but in 

 merit excellent, Lucretia's Gem, probably the handsomest cow in the 

 herd, beat Glad Tidings at Alnwick in '82, although the year following 

 the verdict was reversed, unfortunately not breeding, she has a grand 

 fore rib, and beautiful shoulder points, with a fine level back, and 

 good underline. The other of this family is Lucretia's Bracelet, out 

 of Lucretia's Gem's own sister, and is a great robust heifer, forward 

 in calf to King Hal. The Hawkhill or Crofton Rosebud family for 

 a long time have had a great reputation in Northumberland, as 

 possessing both excellent feeding and milking properties. At the 

 dispersion of the Hawkhill herd in '79, Primrose 2nd was bought for 

 145gs, and bred Polar Star, 3rd in the two year old class at 

 Shrewsbury Eoyal : afterwards Primrose 3rd, and Rosebud 12th, 

 were privately purchased from Mr. J. Davidson, to whom the glass 

 ran out at Hawkhill, it was this family that produced Rosario. 

 Primrose 3rd, although bred by Mr. Chrisp, is one of Fitz Roland's 

 daughters, she was considered one of the finest cows at the sale, put 

 to British Boy, twins were the result, Primrose Queen, and Primrose 

 Beauty, the latter a roan, impressed us with the idea of making the 

 finer cow. Now to the sires in use, King Hal, a deep red, is a 

 thick firm well fleshed bull, on very short legs, with lengthy 

 quarters evenly filled, and good thighs, he is a son of Royal Mowbray, 

 and Bridal Queen, of the famous Halnaby tribe. British Chieftain, 

 bred at Catterick, by British Knight, from Lady Ada. is a big 

 growing bull hardly as yet furnished. 



