110 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



The herd at Old Bramhope was begun seventeen years ago, by 

 the purchase of a cow, and yearling heifer, one of which named 

 Fashion, was the best milking shorthorn ever in Mr. Fawcett's 

 possession, giving 5| to 6 gallons per diem for a long period after 

 calving. The earlier purchases of Mr. Fawcett were mostly of 

 Bates blood, and in September, 1876, Mr. Thornton dispersed this 

 portion of the herd in unpropitious weather at an average of 

 .39 9s. 9d. for 43 head. One or two of the old favourites were 

 repurchased for Bramhope, including Bramhope Darling, a beautiful 

 old cow still in the herd, and winner of the family honours, when 

 the Yorkshire was at Barnsley, she is a daughter of Telemachu* 

 27603, and Royal Dora, full sister to Lord Bective's Underley 

 Darling. Bramhope Anna, out of Butterbowl, of the Buttercup 

 branch of the Annas, now suckling a white cow calf, by the 

 Warlaby Lord Protector, is exceedingly like her own sister, 

 Bramhope Anna 2nd, a very good heifer. The combination of a 

 son of Bramhope Darling, and Lady Eglingtoun, a Celia cow, bought 

 from Mr. E. A. Fawcett, has produced a very wealthy heifer in 

 Bramhope Celia 2nd, and a nice style of cow in Bramhope Celia. an 

 older sister. Lady Bright Eyes' 4th, and 6th, are mother, and 

 daughter, of Mr. Booth's Medora tribe, which are of good repute 

 in the herd for their dairy properties. The Kirkees, originally from 

 Childwick Hall, are represented by Kirkee 5th, and her two heifers, 

 by Royal Fame, 47029, and British Hope 47158, the latter one of 

 the neatest of this bull's get. Miss Chesterfield, and her daughter, 

 Red Rose, purchased at Mr. Bradburn's sale were of a g.-eat prize 

 winning family, the former being the sixth successive generation of 

 winners, while her daughter, and grand-daughter, have likewise 

 taken honours, thus disposing of the general belief that show 

 animals cease to propagate their kind as good as themselves. Red 

 Rose's daughter, Satin Rose, the highest priced lot at the sale in 

 1876, was repurchased from Mr. Jessop; she is still in the herd, at 

 present near calving. Another good cow is her daughter Merry 

 Rose, while sojourning at Farnley, she was put to Baron Winsome 

 3th, breeding on her return, White Rose, which is certainly not the 



