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Kirklevington Lady 8th. Both were sent for service to Berkeley 

 Castle, the cow to Duke of Connaught 33004, and the heifer to 

 Duke of Oxford 45th 39775, cow calves resulted and Countess of 

 Darlington 2nd, was the first female the dain had ever bred. The 

 Kirklevingtons have been especially prolific, they now consisting of 

 the original purchase, five daughters, ten grand-daughters, and two 

 great-grand-daughters, a total of eighteen females. Certainly the 

 old matron, still a very handsome Batf\s like cow, is very blooming, 

 and due to calve again in the winter months, appearing quite equal 

 to adding to the herd still more of the Lady Filleigh Kirklevingtons, 

 all the younger members of the family being of this name, excepting 

 the oldest daughter, known as Lady Oxford Kirklevington ; the 

 daughter, like the dam, is very good looking, but we are inclined to 

 linger perhaps a little longer time in viewing the beauties of the 

 older of the pair. Nearly all the younger specimens are grouped 

 together in the pretty little Park in front of Mr. Baillie's residence, 

 no less than nine are counted, the youngest being the Thirteenth. 

 The Seventh is very pretty : the Sixth, the only one not considered 

 a safe breeder ; the Fifth, a rather " piebald " red and white, is 

 otherwise a good heifer, and has the Eev. P. Graham's Lord Turn- 

 croft Oxford 2nd 38668, for sire used for four seasons at Filleigh 

 after he left Tortworth like the Fourth, a very fine light roan, 

 which produced the Tenth, also in the Park, to Lord Clwyd 2nd 

 49892, before she was two years old. The Ninth, the result of the 

 double cross of the Oxford bull, is hardly the success we should have 

 anticipated from so good a looking bull, but his ten other daughters 

 are a handsome lot, the Seventh being without doubt the prettiest 

 and most attractive heifer of the tribe. In addition to the two older 

 matrons already mentioned, there are the three first Lady Fi Heigh 

 Kirklevingtons, all large roomy cows and especially level and good 

 is the dark red, the youngest of the two. 



The Darlingtons represent four generations, Countess of Darling- 

 ton 2nd, showing no lack of that beautiful character impressed on 

 his progeny by that noble sire, Duke of Connaught, has been a 

 regular breeder, but hitherto only bulls have resulted, the last 



