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his living, yet without any extra flesh he displays a trueness of 

 outline that would be desirable to many males exhibited in our 

 county and other showy ards. 



The prices realized at what might be termed the dispersion of 

 the Pilton herd, bred carefully by Mr. C. H. Bassett for the past 

 twenty years, and consisting of the Old Daisy and Gwynne families 

 with the exception of three Lady Worcesters is sufficient evidence 

 that the dozen females retained as the nucleus of a future herd 

 will not be found wanting on the score of individual merit. 

 Considering that the animals were sold away from their homestead, 

 after a long journey, Mr. Bassett may be congratulated on having 

 the most successful of the spring series of sales in 1887. The herd 

 had since the Pencraig Court sale of 1879 been bred principally 

 from the two families previously mentioned, highly bred Bates bulls 

 having been used, and animals have been occasionally sent to the 

 Bath and West, and neighbouring County shows, where they 

 invariably obtained honours, and the bulk of the herd were most 

 reluctantly parted with on the occasion of the owner accepting the 

 Mastership of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, which entails his 

 residing three fourths of the year in proximity to the kennels, situate 

 in the neigbouring County. Carmine, an exceedingly heavy milker 

 and good breeder, was retained on account of her advanced age. Hill- 

 side Daisy, the only daughter of Carmine, now at Pilton, has 

 recently been taken in ftom grass, with the intention of winning at 

 the local Christmas Fat Stock Shows, she is very even, and with a 

 little longer time might have competed successfully at the larger 

 ones. Dapple Daisy and Exinoor Daisy, are a pair of Baron Oxford 

 3rd's daughters, the former a fine lengthy heifer, very good and wide 

 across her loin, was beaten by Darling Daisy (the highest priced 

 animal at the sale), in the show ring, but another season if they meet, 

 probably the verdict will be reversed. .Regalia Daisy, a roan of 

 great substance, but rather failing in her quarters, with a red heifer 

 calf out of Delight consequently half sister to Darling Daisy 

 complete the members of the tribe now at Pilton. Lady Ashton 

 Gwynne 2nd, an exceedingly handsome young cow, is from Lady 



