324 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENGLA.ND. 



her daughter, acquired the name of Baroness, which with numerals 

 attached has founded quite a tribe of that name. The Sixteenth, a 

 robust arch ribbed roan, with her own sister and a roan calf, are now 

 what remain of the tribe. Maid of Athens, a first prize heifer at 

 the Battersea Eoyal, was obtained at Mr. John Lane's sale in a 

 doubtful state as to breeding, she however bred Messrs. Hosken, 

 Alexandria, which iii turn produced Alexandria 5th, the dam of the 

 beautiful roan heifer Alexandria 9th so greatly admired during the 

 past three show seasons, she is full of quality, very level and carries 

 herself with considerable style. This family has two more very good 

 heifers in the Tenth, which is preferred to the recent winner at the 

 Eoyal Cornwall, and the Eleventh, a pretty white calf out of the 

 Ninth. A couple of Maid of Promises descend from a cow of that 

 name, bought from Mr. John Lane, and the same numbers of Sylvias 

 also come from a Gloucestershire purchase, called Stately, bred at 

 Broadmoor, the latter, two own sisters have both been successful in 

 the show yard, the Eleventh, with her grand width of chest, 

 magnificent ribs, back and loin, will make one of the handsomest 

 cows in the Loggans Mill herd, while the Thirteenth was only 

 beaten by Alexandria 9th, when sent to Cainborne. 



Eeference has been made to the purchase of Fancy from Mr. 

 Kendal, by the use of good sires the owners have been enabled to 

 win as many prizes with the Butterflys, Gertrudes, and Rose of 

 Oxfords, as any of their other families, the first branch are limited 

 to Butterfly 15th. Gertrude 5th, one of the best of Grand Duke 

 34th's daughters, possesses obliquely laid shoulders, a fine dewlap, 

 grand ribs, wide back and loin, with a good underline. As a heifer 

 she was second at the Eoyal Reading, the previous year being 

 reserve at Derby, and her daughter, Gertrude 7th, is one of the 

 squarest made cows on the farm. Eose of Oxford 5th, from Eose 

 of Oxford 3rd, which secured places both at Bristol and Kilburn, 

 has bred the winner at the late county show, a very smart heifer. 

 For twenty years no females were added to the herd, but at Hindlip 

 the rule was broken through, and Countess of Worcester, a hand- 



