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Lord G-odolphin 36065, with the exception of Welcome Home, of 

 the famous Hecuba tribe, purchased at the Killerby sale. Bolt on 

 Beauty, was highly commended by the judges at the Royal 

 Agricultural Society's Meeting at York, and Bolton Snowdrop 

 2nd, by Lord Zetland 43596, from Bolton Beauty's own sister, has 

 won several prizes ; with three of Mr. Outhwaite's show bulls at 

 the head of her short pedigree, naturally something good is expected, 

 and it may be added the remaining three sires were bred at Hartforth, 

 and Aske Hall. 



At Masham, Mr. T. Theakston, also restricts himself to few 

 families, Saucy Janet, by Mr. Bruere's St. Swithin's Star Drop 40667, 

 from Saucy Jade, bred by Mr. W. White, a thick short legged cow 

 with a good udder, is the oldest of five of this tribe, four of which 

 are by Mr. Willis' President G-arfi^ld 46869, who has lately been 

 used in the herd ; formerly Mr. Theakston sent his cows over to Mr. 

 Bruere's Vesper bulls at Braithwaite Hall. Letty, and Lavinia, with 

 their two daughters, Lady Clifton, and Lady Grarfield, are the 

 descendants of a cow bought from the late Mr. T. C. Booth, and the 

 former's pedigree consists of four highly bred Booth sires, viz : St. 

 Swithin's Star Drop, Star Regent, Lord Blithe, and Knight of the 

 Shire, with careful additions of first class bulls this should develope 

 into a tribe of eminence in future. 



On leaving the station at Thirsk Junction, passing Sand 

 Hutton on our left we duly reach Sion Hill, where the Hon. Gr. E. 

 Lascelles, more with a view to keeping a herd for dairying and 

 ordinary breeding purposes on the farm, than having any particular 

 fashionable strains of blood, has got together some twenty head of 

 shorthorns, the bull calves are generally stared, and the heifers not 

 pampered in their rearing, so naturally milk is by no means absent. 

 Rosy, and Rose of May, a pair of thick useful cows with good 

 udders, come from Mr. W. White's, of Burrill, and the latter is the 

 mother of Wide Awake, a neat daughter of Wealsman 42580, a son 

 of Mr. Torr's Welcome Wreath, used at Sion Hill. From Mr. 

 Fawkes' came Vesta, with a Booth foundation, but sired by Baron 



