SHORTHOKX HERDS OF KNULAXD. 83 



and well ribbed, her pedigree is but short, tracing to a very good roan 

 dairy cow, purchased by Mr. Holliday from a neighbour's herd at 

 Abbey Town, in 1857. The calves by th 3 Ch arm 3r bull are beginning - 

 to arrive, but it is rather early to judge of their merits. 



Having seen the herds at Mereside. and The Tarns, we now 

 turn our attention to those on Hie light of the ' iron road," and Sir 

 Wilfrid Lawson's Home Farm is within a mile of the station, that 

 bears the name of his residence. In 1828, the Benson tribe were 

 purchased by the late Mr. John Norman, for Brayton, and this family, 

 amongst others, were bred until 1867, when after the death of the 

 late Sir Wilfrid Lawson Bart, the entire herd was dispersed, except 

 a few cows retained for the use of the dairy. Thus the present 

 Brayton herd is bred from the same blood as the old one, additional 

 purchases have however been made at Killhow, Scaleby, Gaddesby, 

 Underley, and Holker, and for many years the sires have been chiefly 

 from the latter place, the earliest being Dundee 19656, and Kildonan 

 20051, sons of Dukes of Oxford 8th. and 9th, from Cleopatra, and 

 Gwynne dams, used in the old herd. In 1868, Eoyal Cambridge, a 

 son of the famous Moss .Rose, was purchased at Killhow, for 240gs., 

 his son, Cambridge Duke, and Wellington, a Waterloo bull, came 

 next, to be followed by a twelve hundred guinea calf, out of Lady 

 Oxford 5th, from Holker, who left a lot of stock, but like many 

 another much valued animal his tnd came too soon for his owner, 

 and the latter, it is said, when gazing on the remains of his favourite 

 quietly remarked : 



" Here lies Baron Oxford 6th, quiet and cool ; 



Bred by a Duke, 

 And bought by a fool." 



His sons, Waterloo Lad, and Baron Winsome, the latter out of 

 Winsome 14th, a very fine cow, bought at Holker, were both used. 

 Duke of Barrington 6th 39714, by Baron Oxford 6th's younger 

 brother, came from Holker ; another home bred Waterloo has since 

 been used, until we come to Brayton Winsome, half brother to 

 Baron Winsome, by Duke of Ormskirk, and Duke of Oxford 63rd, 

 bred at Holker, a son of Baron Oxford 8th, and Grand Duchess of 



