14o SHORTHORN HERDS OF KNGLAXD. 



of Waterloo 2nd, which was included by his breeder the Hon. C. 

 Duncombe in the Beadlam Grange sale, and there purchased by 

 Mr. Egginton. Certainly the handsomest cow in the herd is Lady 

 Waterloo 12th, a massive fine daughter of Cambridge Duke 8th, 

 and the Givendale Lady Waterloo llth, the ancestress of many 

 good animals, and Gazelle 16th, of a tribe not at present taking 

 high rank in fashion's market, yet there are breeders who will 

 remember the high prices paid for them in their palmy days at 

 Siddington House. If Mr. Egginton only attains the same fame 

 in shorthorns as his neighbour, Mr. Arthur Egginton, has in the 

 Black Polls, he will have no reason to be dissatisfied with his 

 venture. 



The herd at Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, belonging to 

 Mr. John Fielden, will with its Hecubas soon become to be 

 considered a second Killerby. The original pu: chases were four 

 heifers of this family from Mr. J. B. Booth, and at the time of our 

 visit, Mr. Fielden enjoys the privilege of possessing the only 

 female members of this tribe in England, excepting Mr. Booth, and 

 at the sale after his death we note further additions have been 

 made. Although four animals were purchased, it is from Queen of 

 the Hills, by Merry Monarch, that the entire herd descends, 

 numbering nine females, and five males. It is almost needless to 

 mention that the sires are either of Warlaby or Killerby blood, and 

 Heart of Oak 39982 is on hire from the former place. Nymph, a 

 light roan daughter of the Hecuba Janus 34245, and Queen of the 

 Hills, neat, and of good quality, has been a regular breeder, and is 

 the matron of the prize family when the County held its meeting 

 at Eipon in 1884, which included Naid, another light roan, hardly 

 so neat as the dam ; Queen Valentine, a robust heifer of large 

 scale, one of a Reserve pair exhibited at the Shrewsbury Royal; 

 while the youngest of the family group was an unnamed calf, 

 known at the last County meeting as a prize winner under the 

 name of Dryops, and for this shortlegged massive young bull, if we 

 mistake not further honours are in store. Stuart Queen, by the 

 Warlaby Eoyal Stuart, has the usual good rib and loin so promi- 



