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"Wailaby Lord Provost, out of a Master of Arts cow, of Mr. Maynard's 

 blood, although heavily topped with the Waclaby sires used at 

 Bally waiter. Worley 45829, now in his seventh year, is thus the 

 only one of the three sires absolutely Mr. Faulkner's own property, 

 he is a short legged, massive, heavily fleshed ball, and was bred on 

 the premises, being by the home bred Rupee 39069, out of Wine, des- 

 cended from Dewberry, sold to Lord Penryhn, whose granddaughter. 

 Lucy Anne, by Sir C. Knightley's Lovemore 10470, Mr. Faulkner re- 

 purchased in calf to Marmaduke 14897, and half a score of the 

 herd trace to the produce of this well known bull and Lucy Anne, 

 one of the nicest being the rightly named Wee Pet, half sister to 

 Worley, whose stock it must be said are a grand lot, and with few 

 exceptions, dark reds. Butter making is carried on by Mr. Faulkner, 

 and the fine dairy-like cows, nearly twenty in number, appear well 

 equal to the work of producing the necessary ingredients. 



The Sweetbriars descending from Favourite, by Milton 8315, 

 bought from Mr. Clarke, of Deansanger, about 1834, are the most 

 numerous of the five families at Rothersthorpe, and comprise 25 

 females. All are named Sweetbriars, with numerals attached 

 thereto. The Seventy-seventh is the oldest, and Nos. 97, 99, 101, and 

 102, are the younger cows more particularly noticed, but for the 

 "double" duties of carrying flesh as well as milking heavily, we are 

 inclined to prefer the grand lot of red cows tracing to Fame, by Ruf us 

 15216, obtained from Mr. Caldecott, of Rugby, and winding up a 

 long and ancient descent with a son of the illustrious Hubback. 

 Flirt, not 3| years old, has had two calves, and possesses an 

 excellent udder, while Feodora, as true made and level as any of 

 the six "F" cows, five of which are daughters of Worley, and 

 Fern, by Fair Thane, is also an excellent cow. The Dahlias and 

 Rubys, were obtained from the same breeders as the F's and Sweet- 

 briars, but their numbers fall far short of those two flourishing 

 families, Ringlet being the only full grown animal of the Rubys, 

 and the whole of the Dahlias added together only reach the grand 

 total of four ; it is this family that producsd Queen Mary in 

 Mr. Kennard's hands, descended from Delight, the highest priced lot 

 m the 48 sale. 



