SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLAND. 



one of the five daughters left by Wallace, as well as a strong good 

 like heifer in Kate Sybilla 5th, sired by Baron Dei chain. Gracious, 

 with her daughters, Grievous and Generous, are the sole specimens 

 of what are known as the Graceful tribe, descended from a cow of 

 that name bought at Baron Rothchild's sale. The Mason blood, 

 tracing through Xo. 54 Chilton sale, are of equal number half-a- 

 dozen with the Pyes ; and the Hoses have in Jazel, a daughter of 

 Wallace, and Joyful, bought at Mi-. Laxton's in 1876, without doubfc 

 the grandest heifer in the pasture, she is a deep-ribbed lengthy level 

 heifer with great substance and character ; and Juno is from a half 

 sister to Jazel, but by >Sir John. 



The Aylesby cattle claim the most attention on account of their 

 long connection with the herd, Mr. Hawkes having many years 

 previous to the great sale of 1875 been a buyer of both males and 

 females, the earliest being Fawsley Garland 5th, and her daughter, 

 Fawsley Garland 6th. The name has since been continued at 

 Thenford, and the Eleventh, by Mr. Aylmer's Harper 38407, is now 

 the oldest of the four, while it need scarcely be added that the 

 example set by Mr. To IT in crossing the Knightleys with Booth has 

 been followed by Mr. Hawkes. Only two years previous to '75, 

 Lady John, by Mr. T. C. Booth's Lord Blithe 22126, from Lady 

 Thornton, belonging to Mr. Arbuthnot's Sylphs the same family 

 which produced Lord Lamech. sold for 560gs. to Mr. J. H. Pickrell, 

 and considered one of the b^st bulls at the sale was obtained, but 

 Lady Janet, and Lady Judith, are unfortunately the only two which 

 now claim her for ancestress. After Mr. Hawkes' previous pur- 

 chases, it was hardly to be expected when the entire herd were 

 dispersed, but that his name would be found in the buyers list, and 

 a Flower, and \V, were then obtained; Foreign Sultana, a very 

 handsome granddaughter of the original purchase, after nearly four 

 yoais of idleness since breeding Foreign Captive, now a very fine 

 young cow, has bred a bull calf, and is again hoped to be "safe" 

 to King Edward. Welfare, the only W. in the herd, goes back not 

 to Waving, bred by Mr. Torr, but is a daughter of Wreath, bought 

 at the dispersion of the Rev. J. X. Micklethwait's stock. The 



