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entering his purchases at the Saversnake sale, and they first appeared 

 in Vol. 26, with the extraordinary record of having produced in five 

 years, seventeen calves, Clara having had twins three times in 

 succession, born a month later each season, and Datura twice, but 

 with a single calf intervening. The Marquis of Ail^sbury's 

 catalogue did not trace the descent of Mr. Allen's purchases further 

 than Violet, bred by Mr. Harwood, in the neighbourhood of Thirsk, 

 and a daughter of Mr. B. Wilson's Mazeppa 34831, but after enquiry 

 w T as made in the neighbourhood of Kipon, two further sires were 

 added to the pedigree by the permission of the Shorthorn Society, 

 viz : Warrior 66600 and dementi 3399, the latter a winner at the 

 Koyal at Cambridge in 1842. Mr. Allen's only other family consists 

 of May Queen, of Mr. Drakes' Meadow Flower tribe, bought from 

 Mr. E. C. Tisdall, and of this cow and her daughter, by Big Ben 

 47486, it can be said that they are both good dairy animals. The first 

 shorthotn male purchased by Mr. Allen, was J. P. 41731, at his 

 brother-in-law's (Mr. W. T. Brackenbury) sale, September 17th, 

 1884, he left a lot of good stock, and was sold for nearly cost price, 

 at Basingstoke auction sale, four years later. One of his sons 

 followed for a season, as no definite system of breeding had been 

 adopted, but meeting Mr. Attwater in Salisbury, he was invited to 

 visit his herd, and having the offer of two bulls that breeder had 

 bought from Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Allen brought home to Eastover, 

 Duke Furbelow 38116, a son of Duke of Connaught 33604, which 

 like his first male purchase, turned out a success. In 1882, Big 

 Ben 47486, Mr. Attwater's first prize bull at Bingley Hall, was 

 bought for 72gs., and v hen his sons went in due time to be sold at 

 the same place, the prices realized satisfied the owner. Duke of 

 Wellington 51157, a son of Duke of Connaught 33604 and Wisdom, 

 came from Berkeley, and preceded Winsome Duke 48969, of the 

 same family, and a grand-son of the Duke of Connaught, thus Mr. 

 Allen has a considerable amount of this bull's blood in his 

 herd. Certainly Winsome Duke's shape and character cannot fail 

 to leave a mark behind him. Eleven cows and heifers are found in 

 a low lying meadow, near to the Railroad. Bangle, a remarkable 



