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substantial and well made, with a nice mellow touch. On passing 

 out of the byre we are attracted by a very handsome red, and on 

 enquiry, she is found to be by Wetherby Winsome, but unfortunately 

 " not eligible." In one of a double row of boxes is Oxford Duchess 

 of Killhow, own sister to the Third, a really tine cow, which had 

 been sent to Eoyal Stuart, at Warlaby, but failed to breed, previously 

 she had a red bull, to Mr. Aylmer's Sir Simeon, sold to Mr. A. H. 

 Longman ; in another box is the Ninth, by the Leicester sire, out of 

 the Fifth, a very taking calf, so also is her companion. Winning 

 Beauty, from Winsome Beauty. Of half a do/en yearlings, chiefly 

 Master Inglewood's daughters, our choice is Altioia Gwynne, a 

 wealthy, good heifer, with gr^at substance; Royal Gwynnes 10th, 

 and llth, are two more of the right sort, the latter being the fourth 

 own sister, we have seen out of Ross Gwynne 2nd, and the old lady 

 herself is next on turn, but after fifteen years old, Mr. Foster can 

 hardly expect another calf, and considering how hard she has worked 

 for him, she deserves to end her days in peace and quietude. Lastly, 

 we have a pair of excellent Oxford heifers, Oxford Duchess of Killhow 

 8th, the last daughter of the Whitehall purchase, and Oxford Duchess 

 of Killhow 7th, by Duke of Underley 3rd, from the Oxford cow first 

 seen, in age they vary but a day, as they are intended for the autumn 

 sale, the public will have the giving of the verdict, which is the 

 better, we, at any rate, are inclined to favour the older. 



The foundation of a herd at Cummersdale, was laid by the 

 puchase of Jelly Flower 4th, bought at Mr. J. P. Foster's sale in 

 1868 ; since then, Mr. Joseph Dalton, who had the management of 

 the herd from time to time, was a buyer of many a " bit of Bates," 

 as yet a sale had never taken place, and we are sure if he had lived 

 to complete his work, that the herd at Cummersdale, was destined to 

 take a high position in the County, but unfortunately catching cold 

 at the late Brampton Show, he never recovered from the effects of 

 it, and those who knew his love for shorthorns, will miss his familiar 

 face amongst the frequenters of Bates sale rings. The Messrs, 

 Dalton supplying their workpeople at the adjacent Mills, with milk, 

 their shorthorns had to do their duty at the pail. Duke of Siddington 



