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Hertford's Lord Bright Eyes 2nd 48078, for sire. Another highly- 

 bred family, are the Cleopatras, bought at Mr. Angerstein's, and 

 Caroline 9th, is certainly a beautiful type of an animal to represent 

 any tribe. The flock of Shropshire ewes must not be omitted notice, 

 as numerous honours have fallen to their share at the Royal, 

 Smithfield, and other shows when exhibited. 



The Tardley Stud farm is well known for its thoroughbreds, 

 Shropshires, and the grand heavy fleshed Eoggathorpe cows, almost 

 unequalled for size, and constitution, displayed at the occasional 

 sales held by Mr. Y. R. Graham, and so much admired by the 

 public. The tribe have been more given to breeding heifers at 

 Tardley, than at The Oaklands, but in addition to Lorelei, bought 

 from Mr. G. Graham, another purchase, British Belle, by the im- 

 ported Second Duke of Thorndale 17748, was obtained at Clifton 

 Pastures, on the same day as Col. To \vnley bought British Beauty, 

 afterwards the dam of the Royal winner, Baron Oxford's Beauty, 

 sold for SOOgs. to Messrs. Walcott and Campbell. Returning to 

 the family in the lifetime of the late Mr. T. Bites, we find that 

 Foggathorpe was bought by the owner of Kirklevington at Mr. H. 

 Edward's sale of Market Weighton, in 1839, for over a hundred, 

 her daughters, Golden Drop, and Dahlia, selling for 135gs.. and 

 loOgs each, Malibran. out of an own sister to Foggathorpe 

 reaching the high figure of 310gs., and being the highest priced 

 animal at the sale, so ifc is evidjnt thit tha tribe in bygone days, 

 were not lacking in the good looks th.^y now possess. Certainly 

 Mr. Graham has the most line bred of the Eoggathorpes. as since 

 coming into his possession he has added some of the best of the 

 Knightley blood, and more recently other sires have been of Mr. 

 Bates' own tribes, Baron Fantail 37790, a son of the 3,000 guinea 

 Third Duke of Hillhurst 38975, was followed by Mr. R, E. Oliver's 

 Cherry Grand Duke 9th 42922, and Mr. T. Holford's Lord Bright 

 Eyes 2nd 48170 (a son of that grand bull Duke of Leicester 431 12), 

 and at the Birmingham sale of 1884, lOOgs. was given for Mr. J. H. 

 Cas well's Laughton Duke 7th 515 13, considered one of the handsomest 

 youngsters in the Hall, and he has fulfilled expectations by 



