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4th, \vere originally from the Rev. J. Benson's herd. Benson 29th, 

 somewhat plain in her quarters, is otherwise evenly fleshed, but the 

 handsomest of this family is Benson 31st, by Waterloo Lad, a very 

 massive young cow, of great depth in front, and a dark red 

 in colour. Another good daughter of Waterloo Lad, is Graceful 

 Duchess 2nd, of the Charmer tribe, a cow of good frame, with a 

 grand rib. The dam, Graceful Duchess, by Baron Oxford 4th, was 

 bought at the dispersion of the late Mr. Geo. Moore's herd, and is of 

 the much prized Chorus branch, so well known at Wateringbury. 

 Sweetbrier 6th, is of the Silence family, having come to Bray ton. out 

 of Aberdeenshire, where they received an infusion of fresh blood. 

 Passing on to another lot of stalls, we have Christmas Daisy, a short 

 legged, dairy like cow, of a local sort, and Benson 23rd, of good style, 

 and general appearance considering her age. The heifers and cows 

 not in milk, are kept at Baggrow Farm, on the outskirts of the Park. 

 Both Matchless 18th, and Fille de Winsome, a pair of good heifers 

 are of Scaleby origin, the latter descended from Fleda, brought into 

 Cumberland from Sir Charles Knightly's sale, in 1855, at a cost of 

 155gs., by Mr. R. W. Saunders, but the pick of the first byre is 

 undoubtedly Daisy 7th, a wealthy, growing, heifer, from the same 

 dam as Christmas Daisy. Passing into the next, we have Daisy 

 Tweed, the other L T nderley purchase, by Lord Hindlip's Lord of the 

 Tweed, here Royal Gwynne 2nd, from Killhow, is looking very 

 blooming, but not breeding. In the third and last byre, at this farm, 

 Poppy, and Silence, own sisters, by Brayton Winsome, represent the 

 Primroses, another Cumberland family, formerly in Mr. Bowstead's 

 hands. 



From Brayton, proceeding along the hill side with The Criffel 

 always prominent across the Sol way, we come to Blaith waite ; as we 

 had a second view of the herd when in the neighbourhood, after the 

 autumn sales, and the latter time in company with the young owner, 

 Mr. W. Parkin, whose purchases at Killhow, had just arrived, and 

 Silver Surprise, we are inclined to regard as the best of the four for 

 general neatness of outline, although Wilful Beauty, is very attractive, 

 and Royal Gwynne 3rd, and Lady Rhona Gwynne, aie fine looking 



