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further away. Montrose 45261, bought at the Yardley sale of 1882, 

 brought in a combination of the Knightley and Eoggathorpe blood, 

 which was still further diffused into the herd two years later, by the 

 purchase at The Oaklands sale, of Grafin Foggathorpe 16th and 

 Violetta 2nd, the latter has departed without leaving any female 

 descendants, but the former has bred Foggathorpe Prince 2nd 52890, 

 to Montrose, now a goodly proportioned handsome dark red bull, 

 verging on his second year, and doing service in the herd. 



The Queens number sixteen females, and although Queen Mary 

 has long departed, her daughters, Queen Adelaide, Queen Victoria, 

 and Queen Elizabeth, uphold the reputation of the family, and here 

 it may be noticed that Queen Mary, after her successful show yard 

 career continued breeding until ten years of age, and some of her 

 descendants have also been conspicuous in the show ring. Two of 

 Queen Mary's daughters, are included in a group of half-a-dozen, seen 

 in quite the best pasture that has been noticed at the close of the 

 extraordinary dry summer of 1887, which forms part of an estate 

 recently acquired by Mr. Kennard,in order thatthe Queens, Blossoms, 

 and Lady Marnhulls, may have space to increase and multiply, as 

 they have hitherto had to be disposed of when they exceeded the 

 accommodation at the Eectory farm. Out of eleven heifers and young 

 cows, seven are of this tribe. Queen Lily, a light roan grand-daughter 

 of Queen Victoria, is a nice young cow of medium size ; Queen Bess, 

 by Montrose 45261, from Queen Elizabeth, is of great length, and 

 particularly well ribbed ; and her half-sister, Queen Charlotte, is 

 pronounced very good ; while Queen Margaret, her little daughter, 

 by Lord Marnhull 3rd 49939 a son of Prince of Geneva 22nd 

 43824 and Blossom 3rd is a charming calf. Queen of the Vale 

 and Queen Elizabeth, are amongst the cows in profit, while Queen 

 of the Isles, the red and white heifer that last year was first both at 

 the lioyal and West Meetings, occupies a comfortable box ; this 

 season she again held her position at the latter Meeting, but failed 

 to do so at Newcastle, where according to some of the critics she 

 showed a falling off from her previous year's " form," she is'certainly 

 very deep and good in her fore-quarters, whatever may be said to 



