164 SHORTHORN HKRDS OF ENGLAND. 



Prmknash 34655, was the first produce of Primula, after corning 

 into Norfolk, and has been extensively used since Mr. Aylmer's 

 Bliss bull Admiral 39063, did service ; but during the past year he 

 has had for his lieutenant, Fitz-Mowbray 49591, hired from the 

 executors of Mr. T. 0. Booth ; the latter is a dark red son of the 

 handsome Marchioness, and as mentioned in our remarks on the 

 Warlaby herd two of the most promising calves of that place are 

 sired by him. As both Admiral, and his predecessor, Homer 

 34170, also bred at West Dereham, were white, the use of this 

 dark red sire will have a tendency to keep the colour of the 

 approved " tints." 



Babingley, lies nearer to Sandringham, and a brisk drive soon 

 brings us to the buildings, where Lady Comely Celia, the latest 

 purchase by Mr. Beck, has recently calved a roan heifer : with her 

 arrival a new tribe was introduced, and so far as fashion goes 

 probably the least given to finding favour with the public of any ef 

 the thirteen tribes on the farm, excepting of course a local sort 

 coming from Mr. Brackenbury's Petronella. The present sire, 

 Baron Oxford 18th 50830, combining the blood of the purest of all 

 the three branches descending from Oxford 15th, and the Lady 

 Oxfords, with Duke of Connaught for grandsire, was greatly 

 admired when paraded previous to the sale ; certainly his masculine 

 head, and robust shapely form, are sufficient to convince the 

 practised eye, of his high lineage, and superiority as a sire for use 

 in any high class Bates herd. Baron Ryedale 37813, bred by the 

 Earl of Feversham, was the first bull used in the herd, and halt' a 

 dozen home bred bulls from dams of the Wild Eyes, Fuschia, 

 Grazelle, Musical, and Honey families, intervened before the pur- 

 chase of Baron Oxford 18th. Then a Wild Eyes calf, is the only 

 one that has fallen to Barrington Duke 50859, a son of Oxford 

 Duchess 25th, sold to Lord Fitzhardinge. This is the most numerous 

 of all the tribes, numbering five distinct varieties, with Gorgeous 

 Eyes, a grand-daughter of the handsome Wild Eyes Duchess, 

 exported to Canada from the JSTunwick sale, re-imported by 

 Lord Dunrnore in 1873, and sold at the great Duninoie sale of 



