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intention to us^ him in his herd. Coral Duchess 12th, is a descendant 

 of Sir Charles Knightley's Coral, through her daughter, Charming 

 Girl, and was bred at Brailes, being by Duke of Harrington 13th, 

 now in use at Holker ; she has not the scale of some of the other 

 cows, but the well known aptitude of the Knightleys for milk may 

 have had something to do with this. Duchess Charlotte 7th. a very 

 handsome cow, with a magnificent bosom, and great wealth of flesh, 

 was the highest priced animal at the dispersion of the Althorp 

 herd, where Duchess Charlotte 10th was also bought for Maple well. 

 Lady Blanche 22nd, a pretty arch ribbed light roan, from Pool Park, 

 once more introduces the Blanches into the herd. In addition to 

 the Princess calves, we have a roan out of the Coral Duchess, by 

 Duke of Charmingland 37th, and a pair out of the Duchess Charlottes, 

 prettily and appropiately named Maplewell Masons, the older a very 

 smart calf, and the best of the five. 



Burghley, one of the few herds in the smallest County in 

 England, has a long history amongst shorthorn breeders, it having 

 been one of the contributors to Mr. Coates' first issue of the herd 

 book. Fashion never reigned supreme at Burghley, but included in 

 the list of sires used by the several noble owners through whose 

 possession the herd has passed was Fourth Duke of Thorndale 17750, 

 bought in 1862 from Mr. E. Hales at 410gs., and re-sold in 1867 

 at 30gs. advance, to Col. Gunter for the Wetherby herd. During the 

 period of twelve years from 1868 to 1880 upwards of .4,000 was 

 won in prizes, the name of Telemachus being widely known through- 

 out the civilized world, he and his sons were largely used, and Sea 

 Charmer 52119, the present sire, a good looking young bull, out of 

 dice 2nd, the own sister to the " great " Telemachus, has attracted 

 a very handsome Oxford cow from Kimbolton. The nineteenth sale 

 held at Bu: ghley since 1851 has thinned the herd to small proportions, 

 but the families which have been connected with the place for many 

 years have representatives contained in the select few which have 

 been retained. Two promising heifers are Sea Mist and Petrel, great 

 grand-daughters of Sea Gull, winner of the 50 family prize at 

 Kilburn in 1879, where her son, Telemachus 9th, carried off the 



