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have already mentioned, British Boy, bred by Mr. Fox, and for many 

 years used by him, was hired by Mr. W. C. Booth from the? Duke of 

 Northumberland, for use at \Varlaby. Lady Simeon, and Strawberry 

 19th, had come from Mr. Bjthune's recent sale at Blebo, \vhil 3 Vestal 

 is a large handsome cow, certainly the best in the herd, with a good 

 head, and beautiful front, having her shoulders obliquely laid, with 

 grand rib, magnificent back, and lengthy well filled quaiters, she 

 came fiom Mr. Downing's, and is a daughter of Robert Stephenson, 

 and Victrix, tracing to Mr. Booth's Alexina. Farewell 1 Oth, a strong 

 robust heifer, is another of the old Riby bull's get, and also of that 

 excellent branch of Farewell's, which made an average of over 20;)gs. 

 each, at Mr. Downing's sale in 1878. Bright Idea, and Bright Dawn, 

 own sisters, by Mr Jefferson's Benbicula, from Bright G-leam, are of 

 the fashionable Bright tribj, unfortunately thjir selling value is 

 marred by having a D'ike bull for grandsire ; another daughter of 

 Bjnbicula's a Vesper is of hardly a less famous family than the 

 Brights. and then we have finished our inspection of the wonderful 

 lengthy cow shed, one of the sights at the Abbey farm, which has 

 stalls for 52 animals. 



Young Albion, a light roan of March 188 i, is the principal sire; 

 recently however Warrior Prince 52322, a son of King Stephen, and 

 Wave Spirit, has come to share his duties. The older buU is a son 

 of the famous Albion 36112, sold for 230gs., at Mr. W. Bolton's 

 sale, of The Island, when five years old, out of Scottish Rose, of the 

 Mantalini tribe. Then to the heifers, the large majority of which 

 are by Flapdragon 463K3, bred at St. Bees Abbey, by the Warlaby 

 Knight of St. Patrick, from Bright Gieam ; he was sold at the sale, 

 and has since then found a second purchaser, who has taken him to 

 South America. British Gem, of the Village Rose tribj, is the first 

 seen, and with a light roan, out of Villager, half sister to the dam 

 of British Gem, the female portion of the tribe is complete. In 

 company with the older Village Rose, are a roan Roseberry, a good 

 local sort originally at Rougholm, and the heifer, although somewhat 

 plain in her horns, has plenty of robustness and constitution, but the 

 best of the group is Coleraine, from Comfrey, of the Farewell family. 



