180 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



of Canterbury. For twenty years Mr. Collard has bred shorthorns, 

 and twice have large portions of the herd been dispersed ; and on 

 the former occasion over forty pounds per head was realized. Bulls 

 of Bates blood have been used, including Wild Duke 2nd 36002, 

 bought as a calf from Messrs. Leney ; Cherry Duke of Glo'ster 

 36348, a son of that beautiful heifer, Cherry Queen, sold at the 

 Underley sale of 1874, for l,200gs. ; Paul G-wynne 2nd 48420, bred 

 at Harwoods, by Mr. Lloyd's Duke of Airchie 27th, and Sir Joseph 

 Gwynne, of the same family, a short legged, goodly proportioned 

 bull, has not long arrived from East Donyland. The Little Barton 

 herd has seldom been exhibited out of its own county, but at 

 the different local Xmas shows, it has taken a prominent position, 

 rarely failing to carry off the prizes for shorthorns, and in 

 1884, when four were exhibited at the Canterbury, and Ashford 

 shows, they were all awarded firsts, and the heifer, the champion cup 

 at both places. Three animals purchased at various times for Her 

 Majesty's herd at Windsor, were successfully exhibited, and Mr. 

 Collard received the silver medals from Birmingham, and London, for 

 having been their breeder. 



When walking amongst the eighteen dairy cows kept for helping 

 to supply the cathedral city with milk, we find the grandest in a 

 white, named Deedes, the dam of the heifer recently exhibited by 

 Her Majesty, and close at hand is the twin sister to that illustrious 

 animal. Mr. Brassey's Bracelets are represented by the Thirty-fifth ; 

 Knightley Duchess, and Knightley Princess, two young cows, were 

 obtained from that lover of Knightley blood in the county, Mr. James 

 Cross ; Rosetta, a neat daughter of Kirklevington Lord 45003, came 

 from East Donyland with Sir Joseph Gwynne, and Barton Lily, a 

 large roomy cow, is from a purchase at one of the earlier of Mr. 

 Green's sales. In May Mordaunt, sired by Bloomfield 33169, one 

 of the Preston Hall Bracelets, and a grand-daughter of Lady Zetland, 

 bought from the late Mr. C. F. Leney, we have one of the best cows 

 in the herd, as she is a rare deep bodied animal, has produced eight 

 calves, and carries her years lightly; but one of Mr. Collard's 

 neatest cows, is Duchess of Oxford, and Lady Mary, a grand-daughter 



