234 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



On the north of Northampton, Cottesbrooke is probably better 

 known as the abode of the Master of the Hunt, than as the home 

 of a small herd of Bates and Knightley cattle, with the young 

 Oxford bull bought at Killhow, by Duke of Leicester 6th 41)461, 

 out of Oxford Duchess of Killhow 3rd, doing service. In the first 

 paddock we find a pair of well bred Cold Creams, own sisters, by 

 Earl of Leicester 15th 39826, from Harmony, apparently both good 

 at the pail. Hose, a splendidly bred Kosy, and very pretty, is from 

 a purchase in 1876, at Lord Fitzhardinge's Berkeley Castle sale, 

 while the dam of Geranium, a four year old roan of Mr. Bowlv's 

 Gazelle tribe, was bought by Mr. Sartoris at Stone Cross, and 

 sold to Mr. Larigham. From the pasture we walk acrosst o the 

 Park, where we find the larger portion of the herd ; Hawthorn 4th, 

 the third daughter of Hawthorn, is by Prince of Maple well 3id 

 45393, as is also Chesnut 4th, one of the favourite Chorus branch 

 of the Charmers, while Chesnut 3rd, has the Earl of Leicester for 

 sire, out of a daughter of Messrs. Leney's Duchess 6th, got by 

 Grand Duke 23rd. The Gazelles are represented by two nice 

 heifers, the older, very square and good, is own sister to Geranium, 

 and the younger has Grand Duke 35th for sire. Wild Plum, a 

 purely bred Wild Eyes, had come as a calf from Whittlebury, and 

 has since grown into a strong substantial heifer, while Princess 

 Hindlip, of the same family as Earl of Leicester loth 39826, used 

 in the herd, has a heifer named Acacia in the park, and a cow calf 

 in the pens, the former by Duke of Cumberland 49439, now one 

 of the sires at the head of the famous Bow Park herd. The 

 Darlingtons, naiiud Deodoras, and the most numerous in the group, 

 were obtained by the purchase of Lady Darlington 4th, at Sir 

 W. H. Salt's sale ; we observe one of the four retains that most 

 peculiar roan noticed in Mr. Garner's herd, where some of this 

 branch were seen descending from Lady Darlington, by Cherry 

 Duke 25750, a steer having the same roan is at once "spotted" as 

 being from one of the Darlington cows without the assistance of 

 the herdsman, except for verification, but certainly Deodora 4th is 

 a very nice compact heifer. 



