340 SHORTHORN HERDS OF ENOLA.ND. 



known sires, 13 uke of Tregunter 5th, Duke of Underley and Eighth 

 Duke of Geneva, upon Surmise 3rd's daughter Tacita. With the 

 exception of a well bred .Nonsuch heifer, bought at the dispersion of 

 Mr. W. Ashburner's herd, Mr. Hatherell has confined his attention 

 to the three families obtained from Mr. Kello, and excepting the pur- 

 chase of Beverley Oxford 13th 49153, from Mr. R. Botterill, the 

 females have been sent for service to Grand Duke of Glo'ster 36721, at 

 Kingscote, and the sires located at the Duk3 of Beaufort's Home 

 farm, for the use of his tenantry. Oxford Fantail, has matured 

 into a handsome shorthorn like cow, and the few females of the 

 well bred families previously named, will, by continuing the use of 

 suitable males grow into a nice Bates herd. 



Nearly forty years ago the herd at Kingscote was founded by 

 the late Col. Kingscote, who was assisted in his purchases by the 

 then Earl Ducie. The situation is one of the most elevated and 

 exposed on the Cotswold Hills, yet for fast approaching half-a- 

 century pedigree cattle have held their own on the estate, and the 

 name of the owner, Gol. Kingscote, stands high in the ranks of short- 

 horn breeders. The earlier sires were from Tortworth, and included 

 Fourth Duke of York 10167 and Duke of Glo'ster 11387, the 

 Duchess line of blood being still continued in the male line after the 

 dispersion -of the great herd in the Yale, the then rising one of 

 "Wetherby being resorted to, and Duke of Wharf dale 19648, Second 

 Duke of Wetherby 21618, Third Duke of Clarence 23727 and Third 

 Duke of Claro 23829, were either bought or hired from Col. Gunter. 

 Duke of Hillhurst 28401, "out of Duchess 97th, was imported from 

 Canada at nearly the cost price of the dam, taken out at l,000gs. 

 as a heifer by Mr. Cochrane, and in addition to proving the sire of 

 Duke of Connaught, was let for a season to Messrs. Foster and 

 Moore for the highest sum on record, thus the herd is full of the 

 blood of the Duke of Connaught, even more so than many which 

 have the magical name direct in the pedigrees in their herd, as the 

 four Duchess sires previously used from Wetherby were all of the 

 same line of blood, obtained at Tortworth in '53, by Col. Gunter. 



