220 SHOHTHORN BERDS OF ENGLAND. 



Nonsuch, a lineal descendant of Mr. Robert Colling's Golden Pippin, 

 with Duke of Gonnaught for sire, has a good looking daughter, 

 Duchess Nonsuch, by Grand Duke 34th. 



In addition to the herd of shorthorns, Mr. Walker has several 

 very promising cart and hunter colts of various ages, bred and reared 

 on the farms, and both varieties are worthy the notice of a visitor. 

 The last, although perhaps not the least object of interest, at Fox 

 Hollies Hall, consists of a large kennel of highly bred dogs of the 

 Old English Mastiff breed, which like most of the other animals are 

 descended from pure pedigree stock, and are without doubt very 

 fine specimens. 



Mr. G-. Graham began shoi-thorn breeding under the guidance 

 of the late Mr. J. C. Adkins with whom he visited the leading herds 

 of the kingdom, and selected his purchases from time to time, so it was 

 no surprise to visitors to find at The Oaklands, four miles from the 

 capital of the Midlands, a large preponderance of Sir Charles 

 Knightley's blood in the pedigrees comprised in Mr. Graham's herd, 

 and still the Knightley blood, although not represented by a male 

 animal reigning at the head, has been introduced more or less into 

 most of the tribes that are now seen. Many sales have been held 

 by Mr. Graham in the course of his career as a breeder, but none so 

 successful as the one which took place during the week of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society's Meeting in 1876, when the selection then 

 offered brought an average of .112 15s. 3d., six Foggathorpes 

 reaching within a few pence of <150. A large draft sold two years 

 ago considerably reduced the herd in numbers, but the Foggathorpes 

 remain the most important feature in the herd, as they have done 

 since their purchase in 1862, when Lady of the Lake was obtained 

 from Mr. Sanday, she bred Grafin Foggathorpe, and Lorelei, some 

 of the descendants of the former branch have always been retained 

 by Mr. Graham, but Lorelei was sold to Mr. Y. R. Graham, who 

 has bred many animals from her. Grafin Foggathorpe 20th, sired by 

 a Fantail bull, named Frogmore, suckling a roan bull calf, is the first 

 of the female members to be seen, then the Nineteenth, also un- 

 fortmuitely a white. ha Mi. Oliver's Cherry Grand Duke 9th, for sire, 



