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Sharons, but the best are not reached until Wild Eyes 14th, a fine 

 old cow, the mother of three good daughters, and Cherry Duchess 

 of Elmhurst 4th, a lovely dark red, quite the handsomest animal in 

 the herd. At the far side of the Park, Charming Sweetheart, and 

 Charm of Thicket, are half-sisters from Sweetheart 4th ; Beaming 

 Eyes 7th, a well bred Lady Worcester, was purchased very cheaply 

 at the dispersion of Mr. J. Wood's small herd in the East of the 

 County, and of the same family are Wild Elma, and Wild Elma 2nd, 

 own sisters, from Wild Eyes 14th, the younger being the more 

 promising ; then three grouped together have all the character of true 

 bred shorthorns with Princess of the Priory, own sister to Prince 

 Airdrie, now in service at Wetherby, as the best of the trio, which 

 include one of the Selbys, founded from a cow bought at the town 

 of that name, and two more good red heifers of this family are 

 shortly before us. Waterloo Duchess of Thicket, a red and white, is 

 unfortunate in her markings, while Wave of Derwent 2nd, is a very 

 pretty heifer, and Wave of Derwent, hjr dam, an exceedingly 

 attractive, short legged cow, is gazjd upon admiringly in an enclosure 

 near the buildings, at the Homo Farm, in company with Waterloo 

 Grand Duchess, bred by Capt, G-andy, and Gwynne Princess 10th, 

 from Waulby. We must not omit from notice, of the animals seen 

 in the Park, Airdrie's Princess of Oxford 2nd, a large massive cow, 

 the dam of Princass of tho Priory, nor the white daughter of Cowslip 

 48th, second at Sniithfield, last December. On reaching the Home 

 Farm, we have Kirklevington Duchess 26th, suckling a roan cow 

 calf by the old Duke, a smart heifer from Blanche 17th, Duke 

 of Elmhurst 2nd, and Cainbridg3 Duke 16th, the former a lengthy 

 squarely built deep red, apparently still very active, and the latter a 

 roan son of Grand Duke 33rd 39946, and Bed Eose 9th, is a stylish 

 even fleshed bull. 



During the last two or three sale seasons, no name has been 

 more familiar to the bystanders than Mr. Eiley Briggs, and the herd 

 at Osgodby Hall, 3 miles from Selby, may be justly described as the 

 largest line bred Bates herd, not only in the county, so well known 



