2<>() SHOKTIiOKN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



101S2, Grand Duke 16th 24063, Second Duke of Claro 21576, and 

 Duke of Tiegunter 26061, and the females included the fashionable 

 Barrington, Craggs, Euschia, Darlington, and Wild Eyes tribes, but 

 the sales of 1871, and 1877, saw these dispersed. 



The late Mr. E. Clarke, who had the management of Mr. 

 Robarts' shorthorns, in addition to breeding on his account, considered 

 after long experience, the Seraphinas the very best family, in his 

 opinion, for milk and flesh combined, and certainly it would ba 

 difficult to'flnd so grand a lot of cows, with such shapely well filled 

 uddei s, of any one tribe, as we have the pleasure of seeing in Mr. 

 Robarts* possession. Simla, Seaforth, Sumatra, Sweet Pea, Salamis, 

 Strathspey, Sunflower, Silky, and Susan, are our favourites of the 

 matrons, and with the exception of Strathspey, Sumatra, and Susan, 

 they areall by Lord Siddington, with Simla, and Salamis, as considered 

 the choice of the half dozen, for good looks, and the light roan Silky, 

 we are told is one of the best at the pail. Susan, a short legged 

 wealthy sort, is one of the last of Cherry Grand Duke 6th's get, 

 and the oldest animal in the herd, while Sumatra, is a very handsome 

 red, and Strathspey, a white, daughter of the Kingscote Seraphina 

 bull. Many of ths heifers by Beeswing 15967, and Lord Digby 

 49891, promise to replace the older cows with no discredit when 

 their turn arrives. 



When visiting Coventry, we are not intent on buying one of 

 the machines for which the town is so famous, but to find our way 

 to Canley, which after going by no means the most direct route, is 

 reached in safety, and Mr. Hands found at home. His name is well 

 known in this district by the reputation of the cream cheeses made 

 by the family, his father, Mr. Richard Hands, being appointed 

 Cheesemaker-in-Ordinary to Her Majesty in 1840. The foundation 

 of the herd was laid by the late Mr. Hands with stock from Mr. 

 Bellamy, of Haseley, Warwick, and in 1860-61 were purchased four 

 cows, Pearl, Lavender 2nd, and Olive 3rd, of old Lincolnshire blood, 

 and Chance 2nd, descended from the herd of Mr. Lovell, of Edgcott. 

 With the exception of the descendants of Olive 3rd, representatives 



