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With but three months hardly elapsed since one half of a herd 

 has been dispersed, it is usually not seen at its best, but little 

 difference is made to the character of Mr. F. J. S. Foljambe's 

 Osberton herd, as when he offered the public his thirty seven females 

 in May, the majority were of but four tribes, the Cressidas being 

 offered in their entirety. The Farewells with the Cambridge Duke 4th 

 cross; Brights of Aylesby fame: and Sweethearts, were all dispersed, 

 excepting half-a-dozen. Osberton, has been known for its shorthorns 

 many years, but the present collection were founded on the purchase 

 of three specimens of the Sweetheart tribe at Edenbridge in 1 870, and 

 two cows and three calves retained from the dispersion of the late 

 Mr. G. S. Foljambe's stock in 1870. After using Knight of the 

 Bath 26546, the Royal winner at Leicester and Manchester, re- 

 tained from the old herd, Killerby was resorted to, and Titan 35805, 

 hired from Mr. John B. Booth. Warlaby afterwards supplied Sir 

 Andrew 42387, and Prince Albert Victor 40479 ; at the same time 

 the home bred Bright Helm 44455, and Mr. H. Aylmer's Lord Remus 

 46699, were in service. Riby King 48575, from the 1,200 guinea 

 Riby Marchioness, had been hired from Artfert previous to the sale, 

 and we now find another Irish bred bull in residence, when in 

 commencing our tour of the cattle we are taken to the males as a 

 preliminary. Bright Prince 49191, a neat bull of excellent quality, 

 is out of the own sister to the better known Bright Helm, and Caesar 

 Augustus 50941, a red son of Lord Provost 46697, is from one .of 

 Mr. Welsted's Booth crossed Cowslips, having three Warlaby and 

 a Mantalini cross on this good old blood, he is a compact fleshy good 

 coloured bull, likely to keep the markings fashionable, as in the list 

 of sires used by Mr. Foljambe since 1870, we find no trace of a red 

 having been in service. 



Exhibiting has been carried on in connection with the Osberton 

 herd, both as regards what are known as breeding shows, and the 

 fat stock ones. Second in the family class at the Yorkshire Meeting 

 at Selby was won with Circassian Slave, and her three heifers, and 

 when the Royal held its Meeting at York a third was obtained for 

 the Cressida cow bought at Storrs, and her three dau^hiei s. Mnnv 



