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youngster, Double Duke of Connaught, so named on account of 

 having the "Duke" for grandsire on both sides, is very promising. 

 Countess of Darlington 3rd, a stylish young cow, was the second 

 calf bred by the old Countess at Filleigh, and in turn has added 

 Countess of Darlington 4th, a swaet lady-like heifer which vies with 

 Lady Filleigh Kirklevington 7th, for the honours of the Park, with 

 her neat and proportionate frame, covered with an excellent quality 

 of flesh. Mr. Baillie purchased Princess of the Valley, one of the 

 purest of Mr. Eobert Colling's Princesses at the last Killhow sale, 

 and although hitherto a breeder of males, yet when she migrated 

 southwards, a heifer calf was born, but unfortunately the owner had 

 the bad luck to lose it, she is now in calf again, it is to be hoped so 

 well bred a cow will not retire from breeding, before leaving a 

 daughter to continue this valuable line of blood in the herd. Sir 

 Hussey Vivian's Baron Bright Eyes 2nd, a son of Duke of Oxford 

 70th 51141 and Lady Bright Eyes 2nd, purchased at Bingley Hall 

 last March has developed into a very level yearling, he is a capital 

 dark red, and his good colour and flesh combined must make him a 

 successful sire at Eilleigh. Mr. Baillie has since our visit added 

 another valuable Bates family of shorthorns to his herd by purchasing 

 at the dispersion of the late Mr. R. Bobbins' herd, Lady Waterloo 

 16th and Lady Waterloo 19th, the latter considered to be the pick 

 of the family dispersed by Mr. Lythall. 



The Messrs. Horswell have been connected with shorthorn 

 breeding in the county for over twenty years, but only one of the 

 sons of Mr. James Horswell has now a herd of pure bred cattle, 

 and that consisting of some twenty five females, is located at Week, 

 a farm three miles from Lidford Junction, on the Plymouth, Tavistock 

 and Launceston line, which was given up to Mr. William Horswell 

 twenty-two years ago, by his father. Mr. J. F. Phillips' sale in 

 1860, contributed the foundation of the two principal families, Lady 

 Barrington 2nd (familiarly known as the "Weathercock" cow), out 

 of Mr. Bell's Lady Barrington 10th, by Second Duke of Oxford 

 9046, as well as Vanquish (bred by the late Earl Ducie), a daughter 

 of Fourth Duke of York 10167 and Victorine, which had Second 



