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paid by the present owner to the milking properties, with a view to 

 more fully develope these, he purchased from Mr. G. Hobbs, 

 Wellesley 4th 45768, a son of the well known Matchless 5th. 

 Kinsman 49829, a massive thick fleshed bull, and the older of the 

 two present sires, was bought at Ballywalter, he is a son of Royal 

 Mowbray 42330, from Englannd's Kate, a cow tracing to the late 

 Mr. A. L. Maynard's blood, and is the sire of forty seven animals 

 in the Clapton herd. Lord Randolph, a very straight thick fleshed 

 fourteen months youngster, with splendid hair, has not long been 

 bought from Mr. Ayscough Fawkes, he combines the " Aberdeenshire" 

 blood, through his sire, Mr. W. Duthie's Lord Rector 51639, and the 

 old Farnley blood through his dam, Lady Ramsey. The Louisas, 

 well known to fame at B'irghley, are numerously represented in the 

 first pasture we enter, out of the Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, and 

 Twenty-fifth, we prefer the second mentioned, a very good dark red, 

 and one of the best of the fourteen. In the dairy cows, the Townley 

 Vestris's are to the front, with the home bred Lady Harrington 

 Butterfly at their head, and two daughters, the Second and Third, 

 very useful animals, bear their dam company. Lady Brunette, is 

 from a Blanche cow, bred at Rowfant ; and a very good red and 

 white, unfortunately has not enough crosses for registration. With 

 some of the older heifer calves we are shown Lady Ross, half-sister 

 to Lord Randolph, by the Northumbrian St. Swithin 43986, she is 

 very level, and one of the best shaped animals on the farm, while 

 Lady Birrington Butterflys, Eleventh, and Twelfth, are considered 

 two of the best calves Mr. Wood has bred for some time, certainly 

 of the steers and heifers seen near to Thrupston Station, the Tenth 

 is considered the best looking in the few minutes we have at our 

 disposal, but we must not omit notice of several good descendants 

 of a family descended from Laura, purchased of Mr. W. Stopf'ord 

 Sackville, nor May Flower 3rd, half-sister to Master of Arts, a 

 winner at Bingley Hall in 1884. Joan 9th, a grand-daughter of 

 Joan, purchased by the late Mr. Wood fioni Mr. F. Saitoris, and 

 the dam of the Gold Medal Ox of 1865, was unwell at the dispersion 



