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daughter of Lord Clarence 45074, from Vain Queen, one of the 

 three Knowlmere purchases last summer, is a capital ribbed young 

 heifer, and Fair Maiden, with two of the best Killeiby sires of recent 

 years on Queen of Autumn could hardly help being good. Augusta, 

 arid her dam, Authoress, the only two of this family which descend 

 from the Rev. J. Storer's Anna 3rd, being of the same lineage as the 

 Brights, and Kibys, indeed they may be said to be of purer descent 

 from Mr. Booth's Anna, than either of their more fashionable rival 

 branches, as the sires intervening between Studley and Hellidon 

 have certainly more Booth blood in their veins than that possessed 

 by either the Ribys or Brights after their departure from Studley 

 until their finding a resting place at Aylesby. Cynthia, and Countess, 

 are own sisters in blood, being grand-daughters of the twins, Double 

 Roses 1st, and 2nd, bought at Millbeckstock by Mr. Pears, whose 

 grand-dam the handsome old White Rose, tried at the fountain head, 

 sold the same day for 300gs, to the Rev. T. Staniforth ; several more 

 are afterwards noticed of this family which has baen prolific at 

 Hackthorne. Maids of the Abbey, Orleans, and Saxony, aie 

 Mistress Marys with the introduction of the Bates Lord Liverpool 

 22168, at Hey bridge, whence they were obtained. On our return 

 to the County town, we visit a number of more distant animals, but 

 our vehicle, and a warm morning combined, have the effect of keeping 

 the cattle some distance away. Roberta, and Rhoda, are own 

 sisters, out of the older Double Rose, the latter a particularly nice 

 cow, has an extremely pretty roan heifer calf. Vain Damsel, hails 

 from Knowlmere, and Attractive Lady, by Mr. J. Downing's Earl 

 of Ashfield 36571, is of a family that came from Panton, while of 

 two own sisters Mountain Rose, and Mountain Maid, the latter is 

 the younger and also the better heifer. 



The herd at Gate Burton Hall has had an existence of nearly 

 fifty years, but after the death of the late Mr. W. Hutton the entire 

 herd, with the exception of half a dozen females were sold by auction 

 in 1878, at an average of thirty three pounds. Previously the herd 

 had been bred principally from Tragedy, bred by Earl Spencer, and 

 Vesta, a descendant of Mr. Booth's Miss Foote, by Pilot 496. Sires 



