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ever since, Bates sires of the highest lineage have been in service, 

 amongst the more noted being Grand Duke of Waterloo 28766 

 (a son of 7th Duke of York 1775 1, and Waterloo 28th), purchased 

 from Lord Fitzhardinge; Grand Duke of Morecarnbe 36722, bred 

 at Underley, from the first Oxford that ever realized four figures 

 at Holker; and Duke of Underley 3rd 38196, bought for 3,000gs. 

 from the Earl of Bective. Returning to the occupants of the 

 first portion of the Park, Queen of the Yale, of the Aylesby 

 Flower tribe, obtained at a neighbour's sale, has been a successful 

 heifer breeder, and her daughter, Queen of the Vale 10th, the last 

 of Duke of Underley 3rd's get, grazes alongside. Blanche 4th 

 has all the usual substance of the tribe, and Mercia 10th is the oldest 

 representative of a numerous family noted for combining good 

 milking and feeding qualities which have been bred at Kimbolton 

 since 1854, when they were obtained from Mr. Ladds', and descended 

 from Empress, a daughter of the Rev. R. Pointer's Old Darlington, 

 whence spring the popular Seraphinas. In another part of the 

 Park we find quite the elite of the herd, comprising the beautiful old 

 lady, Oxford Louise ; her daughter, Oxford Helene ; and grand- 

 daughter, Oxford Maud. Oxford Louise is one of the handsomest 

 cows we see in the pastures at Kimbolton, her two year old heifer, 

 Oxford Mary, at the sale of 1881 m.ide l,110gs. to Sir II. Allsopp, 

 and Oxford Alice, our choice of the daughters, is a fine shorthorn- 

 like cow. Oxford Maud, a daughter of Grand Duke 40th 43309, 

 stands near the ground, and will probably develope into as good as 

 the rest of the older females. Sequoiah 4th, very straight above 

 and below, is a highly bred Waterloo of the Wellingtonia branch, 

 while Lally of Leighton is from Lally 16th, bought at Whitehall in 

 1875, for 460gs., and so good and equal were the family at the 

 Kimbolton sale that they made within 2Cgs. of each other, and 

 averaged exactly 150 each. Lady Montague 5th. is half bister on 

 the sire's side to the Lallys, and is the mother of the Sixth, a good 

 coated calf seen at the buildings. Princess Silence, one of the few 

 daughters of Wild Eyes Duke, still in the herd, is from Princess, by 

 May Duke 13320, and full sister to Princess Surmise, bought for 



