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Giand Earl of Waterloo 3rd, bred at Capheaton, an exceedingly 

 handsome calf of the same family. Kirklevington Duchess 24th, 

 bought as a somewhat doubtful lot at the dispersion of Mr. Lodge's 

 herd, proved to be not so, and Waulby Kirklevington, now grown 

 into a capital heifer, amply rewarded Mr. Thompson for any little 

 risk he might incur in her purchase, another not to be despised 

 heifer in her company is Wild Cowslip 2nd, by Mr. Lovatt's 

 Bushbury Count of Oxford 46023, from Wild Cowslip, bred at 

 Killhow, of the family known so well in connection with Shotley, and 

 in the boxes is a red and white half sister, in company with an 

 uncommonly smart Cleopatra. 



In Holderness, Mr. Barber has bred shorthorns for upwards of 

 thirty years at Sproatley Eise, and the Duchess Nancys in particular 

 have been associated with the herd since their purchase from Col. 

 Townley, who obtained Duchess Nancy at Messrs. Bell's sale at 

 Kirklevington in 1850; it is this cow's descendants that realized 

 such high prices at Wicken Park, Audley End, and Killhow, and at 

 Mr. Barber's sale in 1876, six females averaged 174 gs., and the 

 thirty-eight head offered made close on 90 each. Several of the 

 tribe are still at Sproatley Eise, known as the Duchesses of Clarence. 

 Unfortunately the large portion of the herd were away on extra 

 grass land taken by Mr. Barber several miles distant, and as the 

 trains did not suit our after plans, we had to rest content with 

 seeing three or four cows in milk, young calves, and Duke of 

 Waterloo 8th 51155, a promising red son of Baron Oxford 12th 

 45926, and Waterloo Maid 3rd. bred by Sir John Swinburne at 

 Capheaton, and one of his last spring's contingent to Dringhouses. 

 Two Duchess of Clarence cows had excellent dairy properties, and 

 in an old sale catalogue of 1862, Mr. Straff ord in the less than half 

 a dozen lines devoted to his remarks on the herd writes, " they are 

 in perfect health, and regular breeders, many of them possessing 

 excellent dairy qualities. Both the Feathers (descended from the 

 Et. Hon. C. Arbuthnot's stock), and Amelias (full of Townley 

 blood), have been at Sproatley Eise for many years, the former 

 coming direct from Townley, and the latter fiorn Mr. Smyth 



