oUU SHOIITHORN HERDS OF ENULA.ND. 



in his class at Bingley Hall, and has retained his form exceedingly 

 well, considering the high condition in which Mr. Sheldon sends his 

 young bulls to the great central depot for sale. 



Rothei field Park, the residence of Mr. A. J. Scott, lies some 

 fifteen miles across country from Stratton, and the herd of shorthorns 

 has been reduced only a few days previously, by the sale of some 

 half-dozen females, when the entire flock of Hampshire Downs were 

 also dispersed, for which it is intended for the future to substitute 

 Southdowns. Waterloo Duke 4th 53821, bred by the late Mr. J. 

 Bigg, from Bose of Waterloo, has grown into a handsome heavy 

 fleshed level bull. Previous to his purchase, M. Scott had used 

 Lord Ettrick 46645, a grand-son of the celebrated Duke of Underley 

 33745 ; and Wild Prince 8th 44261, standing in the same relation to 

 even a still more famous bull, 7th Duke of York 17754. The females 

 consist of five tribes, of which the most numerous are the Cleopatras 

 and Verbenas, the former associated with Holker, and the latter 

 with Heybridge and Dyrham Park. The total number is under a 

 score, and the Blanches, obtained at Thicket Priory, and May Days 

 from West Hall, have each a trio to their credit. Mr. Scott has 

 also a Sweetheart heifer descended from Silverdale, bought at 

 Sholebioke, and as he intends to have milk included as well as beef 

 in the good qualities of his pedigree cattle in the future, she will it 

 is hoped, follow the Knightley tradition. The owner of the Rother- 

 field Park estate also breeds a number of other pure kinds of stock, 

 in addition to the cattle, particularly noticeable are his handsome 

 mules, and some pigs of a spotted sandy black and white colour, by 

 a Berkshire boar, out of an Iceland sow, are reported to be excellent 

 thrivers, and full of lean flesh. 



Passing from Alton through Southampton, still a third herd is 

 to be seen before the day's work is o'er. Moor Court, and the four 

 hundred and fifty acres surrounding it, in the occupation of Mr. B. 

 Hoddinott, lies midway between Eomsey and Southampton. The 

 land is alluvial and mostly very fertile, and Mr. Hoddinott began his 

 tenancy under that world renowned patriot, the late Lord Palmsrston, 

 who had purchased the estate from a Mr. Chamberlain. Moor 



