16G SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



Blanche Rose, \vhil Lily Blanche, the other of the pair of Blanche 

 heifers sold, has an own sister retained in May Blanche. A third 

 branch through Lady Blanche Oxford, were like the Blanche Roses, 

 originally at Gaddesby, and Mr. Cheney's General Napier 24023, 

 appears in both the pedigrees. The Knightleys are known as 

 Walnuts, Rosys, Quickleys (only one specimen), and Sylphs, or 

 Sweethearts. The first tribe are well to the front, in the two fine 

 cows, Gwendoline, and Tsolt, bought at Lord Feversham's, and Mr. 

 F. H. Jennings', where the latter reached the highest figure of the 

 day. Lady Kingscote Rosy, bred by that veteran breeder, Mr. F. 

 Saitoris, is ageing fast, but must have been good looking in her 

 younger diys. Ruby Swe3t Lips, an exceedingly lengthy light red 

 cow, and her daughter, Row^na, have a dash of Booth through Mr. 

 Housman's Lord of the Harem. 16480, a son of Duke of Buckingham 

 14428, and Gulnare. The Surmises, like the Kirklevingtons of Bell 

 Bates origin, have Princess Surmise, a very good cow, bred at 

 Kimbolton, tracing to Princess, b) May Duke 13320, to represent 

 one line, and of an entirely distinct variety, are the Silences, latterly 

 from Killhow, where Silver Locks, the purchase made by Mr. Beck, 

 was bred, being sired by Mr. Foster's Duke of Ormskirk 36526. 

 Quite an important family are the Kingscote Honeys, bought first 

 at the sale held by Col. Kingscote in March, 1879, when the two 

 best heifers of the tribe were secured at 160gs. each, and since 

 supplemented by Lady Underley Honey, a good fleshed heifer from 

 North Frith, and a purchase at Bingley Hall, both however out of 

 Kingscote bred cows. Honey 64th, still on the premises, and one 

 of the original purchases, proved the dam of Harry Hotspur 44922, 

 first at the Yorkshire Meeting, in 1881, and third at the Reading 

 Royal the following year. Another Gloucestershire family are the 

 Gazelles of Siddington fame, and Mr. Beck was fortunate enough to 

 secure, amongst other purchases of this family, Gazelle 29th, a 

 remarkable handsome cow, by Duke of Tregunter 2nd 26022, she 

 bred Geometry 47946, used like Harry Hotspur in the herd, and 

 also a prize winner being placed second when sent over to the Irish 

 Royal, at Londonderry. 



