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descended from The Bee, and Rosa, bought from the Marquis of 

 Exeter. Careful, a nice cow, and Clematis, one of the oldest, sprung 

 from Cytherea, by Gold Nugget 16176, obtained at Wellingboro' 

 Grange, from Mr. Abbey, while Wisdom, by Mr. Wetherell's Luinley 

 16478, bred at Dane End, claims Wanton, a white of good character, 

 as her descendant. In the pasture immediately behind the house, 

 Lady, worthily represents a family hitherto unmentioned, and here 

 we have Lord Lally 2nd, 53166, a dark roan young bull, very full 

 of hair, brought forth for our inspection, his breeder was Mr. R. 

 Briggs, and his name denotes his lineage. Previously Mr. Bayes 

 has used Centre Bit 47561, a fine old white son of Duke of Connaught 

 33604, and that grand cow, Lady Gwynne, is still in service in the 

 herd, and one of his sons in 1885 was the Champion at Bingley 

 Hall. Grand Duke of Darlington 39948, and Lord Loftus 43537, 

 two of the previous sires, were of the Darlington and Charmer 

 tribes, and in still earlier years those well known stock getters, 

 Satan 27430, and Claro's Rose 25784, were used in the herd. 



Clapton, in the clays of the late Mr. Rowland Wood, was famous 

 for its steers, but since 1875, exhibiting has been discontinued, 

 through the demand which sprung up for the young bulls, and if 

 Kinsman's Butterfly, first in his class at the recent Bingley Hall 

 show, although unfortunately three months too old to compete for 

 the champion prize, may be considered a fair specimen of the young 

 males bred by the present Mr. Rowland Wood, then it cannot be 

 doubted but this has al&o been a success. The herd and the stock 

 are found of a thoroughly useful description, one of the earliest sires 

 used at Clapton was Henry 5th 19944, which proved the sire of the 

 extraordinary grand Ox that won for the late Mr. Wood the Gold 

 Medal at Birmingham in 1865, afterwards exhibited three months 

 at the Crystal Palace. Britannicus 17452, bred by Mr. Sartoris, out 

 of Surmise, also distinguished himself as the sire of prize winners, 

 five of his stock taking premier honours at London and Birmingham, 

 Mr. Jonas Webb's Lord Chancellor 20160, the Royal winner at 

 Plymouth, proved very successful as a sire, and likewise did Mr. 

 Sheldon's Duke of Barrington 5th 33575. Great attention has been 



