SHORTHORN HEIUJS OF ENGLAND. 2^7 



daughter in companionship with the red and whit3 Duchess of 

 Elford 5th, of the once fashionable Duchess Nancy tribe. Princess 

 of York, a nice Walnut, and Duchess Charlotte 10th, occupying the 

 adjoining field. In a distant meadow, one of the best in Mr. Cave's 

 holding of 400 acres, we find Syren, of the same family that produced 

 Telemachus ; Watercress 3rd, out of the handsome cow from Radford 

 Hall ; and Bushbury Countess Harrington 4th, of the favourite 

 Laurel branch of the Harrington tribe, bought with the Lady Bates 

 bull calf at the dispersion of Mr. Lovatt's herd. 



At Thurlaston, about two miles from Dunchurch, on the North 

 Western, between Leamington and Rugby, we find Messrs. Sutton 

 and Stanley since they began breeding in 1880, have gathered 

 together a herd of between sixty and seventy strong, of various 

 Bates families, and even the Booths are represented by the Brights, 

 so famous at Aylesby, while a Grand Duke, bred at Sholebroke, 

 assisted by a Wild Eyes, are at the head of the herd, and it is 

 intended to send the Bright heifers to a Booth bull, in order to 

 conform to fashion's decree. Mr. F. S. Stanley, who is joint owner 

 of this extensive herd with the Misses Button, is a son of the late 

 Mr. W. T. Stanley, of Leamington, well known as one of the 

 cleverest veterinary surgeons in the Midland Counties, while the 

 son's extensive practice in London, will be ample evidence of the 

 skill displayed by him when his professional abilities have been 

 called into requisition by his clients, and if he succeeds as well in 

 breeding shorthorns, he will have no reason to complain of the time 

 devoted to the herd at Thurlaston. Previous to purchasing Grand 

 Duke 35th 34065, at the dispersion of the Althorpe herd, Surprise 

 Duke 3rd 52230, a well bred Surmise bull, had been bought 

 from Mr. J. H. Blundell, and extensively used. The Grand Duke 

 in his ninth year has the grand head, crest, and neck of a " Duke," 

 with a straight level top, but a little more depth would be desirable. 

 After seeing the noble Duke we have two of his sons out of Lady 

 Celia 8th, and Countess of Clarence, the former a particular straight 

 calf will no doubt find more than one eager to secure him at the 

 next Bingley Hall March sale. Before leaving the buildings we 



