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other valuable lines of blood are bred by Mr. Braikenridge, viz : the 

 Madalines descended from a grand cow, Blooming Butterfly bought 

 at Brought on in 1876 and afterwards sold to Mrs. Pery ; and the 

 Glitters bought on two different occasions from Mr. Robert Jefferson. 

 The sires nsnd at The Rookery have comprised animals of the 

 Bracelet, Flower and Mantalini tribes, bied by Messrs. Ackers, 

 Burnyeat, Downing and Talbot-Oosbie, while at present Fisherman 

 52878, bred by Her Majesty the Queen, of the Knightley Cold 

 Cream family, with several top crosses of Booth blood is assisting 

 home bred young sires which have been greatly employed by Mr. 

 Braikenridge, and in due time he will possess a herd of one uniform 

 type, so delightful to lovers of the breed to witness. 



About five miles from the once fashionable Bath, we have the 

 first of the numerous Gloucester shire herds, in number exceeded 

 only by those found in Yorkshire, yet contrasting strangely, as 

 now that the famous Prinknash herd has been dispersed under the 

 hammer, there is not a single Booth breeder in either the rich vales, 

 or the exposed Cotswolds, of which the county is chiefly comprised, 

 yet Berkeley, Kingscote, and Tortworth, have been household words 

 amongst breeders for many a long year. Mr. H. A. Matthews 

 began following in the steps of the breeders to whom the herds now 

 mentioned belong at the dispersion of a large portion of The Hendre 

 herd three years ago, by selecting Princess Bickerstaff, Lady Daisy 

 3rd, and Princess Linda 2nd, promising heifers belonging to the 

 Bell Bates family of Capsicums and the Old Daisies. Princess 

 Bickerstaff has especially fulfilled her early promise and won several 

 prizes at the district and other shows, where Mr. Matthews may be 

 said to have been exceptionally fortunate, considering his recent 

 commencement in the art. 



Laughton Duke 8th 53101, a good looking highly bred Kirk- 

 levington bull, was bought two years ago at the spring sale in 

 Bingley Hall and is still in service. Mr. Matthews' other purchases 

 have been Place 3rd, --out of Prude, bred by Mr. Thos. Bell and 

 Lady Mary 10th from Lady Mary 2nd also bred at Brockton Hali- 

 but both have bred only males, The Gwynnes are represented by 



