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in the selection of a sice, at last Rowfant Grand Duke 52014, bred 

 by the late Sir Curtis Lampson, a son of that famous sire, Duke of 

 Connaught 33604, and Mr. R. E. Oliver's Grand Duchess 32nd, 

 was purchased, but not until after one of the South American agents 

 had been attracted by him, and the re-sale effected on the day prior 

 to his departing for Liverpool. He is a square compact evenly 

 fleshed bull, and especially thick through the heart. 



Preston Hall, has long been the home of shorthorns ; it was 

 here that the Grand Duchesses came into the market in 1867, when 

 the entire herd of Mr. E. L. BeUs was dispersed at an average for 

 the sixty-two head of 180 each, at that time the highest on record. 

 Mr. H. A. Brassey, the present owner of Preston Hall, had sixteen 

 cows and heifers selected for him in 1870 from the Aylesby herd, 

 and in the same year the Bracelets which had formerly acquired a 

 reputation in Mr. J. Banks Stanhope's and Mr. S. E. Bolden's 

 possession were bought on the advice of the latter breeder. Cherry 

 Grand Duke 3rd 28L74, and Second Duke of Tregunter 26022, 

 were used both to the Bates and Booth Three years later, the 

 Booth portion came into the market and as might be expected, the 

 average made by the animals which had been bred at Aylesby, was 

 almost double that of those bred at Preston Hall. Purchases have 

 been since made from many of the finest Bates herds in the kingdom, 

 while Grand Duke 24th 34064, and Duke of Oxford 44th 39774, 

 were bought from Sholebroke, and Holker, respectively. At present 

 we find in service the lengthy handsome Duke of Rosedale 12th 

 40268, the produce of those two famous animals, Duke of Connaught 

 33604, and Lord Braybrooke's Thorndale Rose 2nd. 



In the boxes are Bracelet 54th, and Bracelet 55th, two yearlings 

 by the Rosedale bull, in training for the Bath and West Meeting, 

 where the family have been previously successfully exhibited, as 

 well as at the Royal and local shows. Waterloo Bienvenue 3rd, 

 got by the Wateringbury Rowfant Duke of Glo'ster 2nd, from 

 the three hundred and five guinea heifer at Sholebrooke, is in 

 companionship with, the pretty white Bracelet 57th. After seeing 



