SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



irrespective of pedigree, were the foundation of the first herd 

 gathered together by the late Mr. Foster, but Bates blood quickly 

 found a place at Killhow, and when the first sale was held in 1868, 

 the excellent average of ,67 7s. 9d. was realized for sixty six head, 

 the celebrated Moss Eose. making 400gs. to Mr. D. E. Davies, of 

 Mere Old Hall. The entire herd were sold by Mr. Strafford, but 

 not many minutes elapsed before the second herd was begun, by the 

 purchase of 17th Duke of Oxford, one of the four bulls sent for sale, 

 after the Killhow shorthorns, by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. 

 Sales were held in both 1871, and 1876, on the latter occasion, 

 thirty nine head averaged =175 14s. 6d., seven Gwynnes making 

 over <300 a piece, this tribe always sell well in Cumberland, and 

 the best, both in breeding, and personal merit, are generally to be 

 found around Killhow. 22nd Duke of Oxford, had succeeded the 

 Seventeenth, and was in service when the 1876 sale took place, with 

 Duke of Ormskirk, bought from Lord Lathom for 2,000gs, the latter 

 a son of Baron Oxford 4th, and First Duchess of Oneida, one 

 of the purest bred Duchesses in existence. Fiftieth Duke of Oxford, 

 from Holker, was used a short period, then came quite a new 

 departure, when Master Inglewood 4th, a good red bull, bred by Mr. 

 Eobert Thompson, was purchased, as Mr. Foster remarks, he is full 

 of good blood, chiefly of the Farnley and Townley strains, with a 

 slight dash of Bates, certainly a bold, venture, and it remains to be 

 seen whether it will be appreciated by the British public. The 

 Duchess blood has again been resorted to, and Duke of Leicester 6th, 

 a bull of great natural flesh, and strong constitution, bred by Mr. T. 

 Holford, is in service. 



Mr. S. P. Foster has bought from time to time, many high 

 priced and good females of the leading tribes, his most recent being 

 Duchess 123rd, this beautiful heifer, second at the E. A. S. Meeting 

 at Shrewsbury, was out of a grand-daughter of Duchess 97th, which 

 twice recrossed the Atlantic. Since her purchase at Hindlip, she 

 has given birth to a sweetly pietty roan cow calf, by Mr. Blezard's 

 Lord Eoseberry, now about t three months old, as it is the owner's 

 intention to submit her to the public, with a selection from his herd, 



