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Nothing daunted by the ill success with his first Oxford, the dispersion 

 of the Rowfant herd saw Mr. Mills again a purchaser of the tribe in 

 the shape of Viscountess Oxford 5th, of the much coveted Lady 

 Oxford branch, already the owner is rewarded for his venture with 

 a red cow calf, sired by his Duke of Rosedale 19th 49479, and the 

 cross appears to have suited, from the appearance of the young 

 Oxford. Dowager 3rd, bred at Berkeley, was passed on to Underley, 

 and there bought for ITOgs., her first calf after winning second at 

 the Yorkshire Meeting, has already found a purchaser to go out of 

 the country ; the new arrival, a red heifer, is to be named Dowager 

 of Connaught, and with such a beautiful type of a shorthorn for its 

 mother, something very sweet and pretty may be expected if she 

 takes after the example of her older sisters seen at Underley. 

 Darlington Duchess 5th, accompanied Dowager 3rd, from West- 

 morland, and Duchess Darlington 7th, was bought as long ago as 

 Mr. Loder's sale, previously she had been a winner at the Oxfordshire 

 Meeting. From Whittlebury, Grand Duchess Acomb 4th, a very 

 purely bred specimen and the best of the tribe in fact we never 

 observe Mr. Mills a bidder at anything except about the best of the 

 family came in company with the last mentioned Darlington, while 

 Woodside furnished a very handsome young cow in Lady Oxford 

 Rosy, a grand-daughter of Mr. Sartoris' Polythorn. The only other 

 Knightleys are the Furbelows, Knightley Queen, Lally Queen, and 

 Rosedale Queen, mother and daughters ; the heifers are pretty, and 

 the cow apparently an excellent breeder, was obtained at Uffington, 

 where the dark red Duchess Wetherby Waterloo, the dam of Oxford 

 Wetherby Waterloo, an excellent calf so far as present appearances 

 must decide, and Baroness Wild Eyes 2nd, as well as a couple of 

 Craggs were obtained, one thing noticeable amongst the Uffington 

 purchases are their milk giving capacities. Sweetheart 47th, a 

 pretty red two year old had come from Audley End, with Sweetheart 

 45th, the latter being intended for the dairy farm, which is quite 

 separate from the shorthorn establishment on the estate, and from 

 whence sixty gallons of milk are supplied daily to Nottingham. 

 Thorndale Rose 22nd, the 405 guinea purchase at Lord Braybrooke's, 



