60 SHORTHORN HERDS OF KNGLA.ND. 



related to the Duke of Northumberland's Rosebud 12th, the Royal 

 winner at Preston. Bates bulls have been in recent years used at 

 Kirkwhelpington, including Duke of Lining, a purely bred Peach 

 Blossom from Mr. Hetherington's, and Prince of Waterloo 2nd, and 

 Prince of the Dale, both bred by Mr. Robt. Lodge, the latter a son 

 of Duke of Gunterstone, and Princess of the Valley, of Mr. Col ling's 

 Princess tribe, is the sire now in use, a red with but little white, he 

 has a good masculine head and horn, with a straight level top, but 

 a little more depth in his brisket would be better. 



About equal distance with Mr. Harrett's from Scots Gap 

 Junction is Capheaton, where one of the finest Bates herd in this 

 country is kept, and so prolific has it been of late, that during the 

 present year two drafts of females have been considered necessary, 

 fourteen going to Dringhouses in April, and ten in September ; in 

 addition to these, five were sold privately to Mr. John Hope for 

 exportation. Despite these heavy sales the herd numbers sixty six. 

 without the males. When it is known that Sir John Swinburne's 

 herd, is managed on the strict principle of selection, the best of the 

 tribes being always retained which no doubt accounts for the large 

 number (thirteen) the herd now contains some idea of the quality 

 of those left at Capheaton may be gathered from the character of 

 the animals sent to Dringhouses. In fashion's market the Oxfords 

 rank first in the herd, and the 1450 guinea calf at the Holker sale 

 in 1878, Grand Duchess of Oxford 38th, by Mr. Fox's imported 

 Duke of Airdrie 24th, has proved a most fortunate purchase, having 

 bred nothing but cow calves, and her daughters likewise hitherto ; 

 she is a large fine cow, very wide across her loins, with excellently 

 laid shoulders, but inclined to grow patchy about the tail. Empress 

 of Oxford, the oldest daughter, has had the Third, to Lord Bective's 

 Duke of Underley 7th, a son of his Millbeckstock purchase, Duchess 

 of Hillhurst 5th ; the Second, a fine goodlooking cow, has Duke of 

 Oxford 48th, for sire. Two very pretty calves are Empresses of 

 Oxford 6th, and 7th, by Baron Oxford 12th, who has left a lot of 

 remarkable good heifers in the herd ; they are from the two oldest 

 sisters, and are in the park with three others out for exercise, a 



