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brought in by her sire, Mr. Pugh's General 2nd 51297. The Gazelles, 

 once so famous at Siddington are descendants of Nelly Gazelle, 

 bought at the dispersion of Mr. J. W. Larking's herd in 1878 ; of 

 Weston Gazelle, Polly Gazelle, and Polly Gazelle 2nd, the matrons 

 of the family, we are inclined to prefer the last named, a lengthy 

 young cow. The J. tribe has been very prolific, and is the strongest 

 in numbers of any of the families in the Countess of Camperdown's 

 ownership. Joy bells 2nd, a good roan cow seen in the Park, has in 

 Joy 4th, what is considered the second best of the group of yearlings, 

 and in an older daughter, Joy 3rd, an excellent two year old, of good 

 character, while in her company is Janet, another capital heifer, and 

 several more are not far behind in merit. 



In addition to Nelly Gazelle, at the Ashdown House sale, Eose 

 of June, was purchased for 105gs., and Rose of the Forest, for 200gs., 

 the latter being the highest priced of the Knightleys sold that day ; 

 both we.e Eosys, the produce of the latter have all been parted with, 

 and the former retained, now number seven ; Eose of Warwick, we 

 notice, follows the popular tradition of the Knightleys in milking so 

 hard as not to have time to put on flesh, it is a pity but that all 

 pedigree cattle would do the same, and then we should hear less 

 complaints of the uselessness of pedigree cattle, excepting for show 

 purposes, from the unbelievers. In the catalogue order, the Charmers, 

 followed by the Sweethearts, rank next to the Eosys, but the numbers 

 are the reverse to what we found at Brailes, the Charmers being in 

 the minority, though Countess 6th, bred at Wateringbury, is a fine 

 cow, and likewise is Weston Sweetheart, another good old sort, 

 found in a quiet sequestered field between two woods, she is the dam 

 of six heifers, four of which are now at Weston Park. Fawsley 

 Cherry 7th, sister to a heifer sold to Dr. Frias, at a high price, is 

 the only female left of a branch of the Walnuts, whose name has 

 been associated with the Weston Park herd since the name of Fawsley 

 Cherry was given to the calf by Duke of Geneva 3rd 21502, from 

 Fawsley. Walnut Grand Duchess 2nd, has the honour of being the 

 dam of Graceful, a remaikable pretty heifer of the true Knightley 

 type. Fairest 2nd, from Farewell, bred by Mr. Sheldon, and Weston 



