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swift footed as ever ; while the noble owner the Eight Hon. Lord 

 Fitzhardinge has had, until six months ago, the most impressive 

 shorthorn sire of modern days, standing at the Home Farm, for the 

 past ten years. The males at Berkeley have always been of the 

 highest breeding, as well as individual merit. Grand Duke of 

 Waterloo 28766 whose half sister Waterloo 33rd was sold privately 

 by Lord Fitzhardinge to the Duke of Manchester, for l,200gs. 

 having preceded Duke of Connaught 33604, and who in turn had 

 followed Lord Wild Eyes 5th 26762, bred at Walton-on-the Hill, 

 while Duke of Oxford 45th 39775, was one of the highest priced 

 young bulls ever sold at Holker, and Duke of Leicester 3rd 46256, 

 the best of three Dukes sold at Castle Hill came to assist Duke of 

 Connaught, and in the past summer, Barrington Duke 50359, was 

 bought at the Sandiinghain sale. But few interested in shorthorns 

 fajled to visit Berkeley in order to see the sire that had cost four 

 thousand and five hundred guineas ! ! notwithstanding this enormous 

 outlay, he more than repaid it in the amount of the fees earned by 

 him, while his services in enhancing the reputation of the Berkeley 

 Castle herd it would be difficult to estimate, for the last four years 

 no sale has taken place, yet there is a great scarcity of heifers, the 

 South Americans having returned again and again to carry away 

 specimens of this famous herd. Let no misguided individual assert 

 that shorthorns bought on a right principle will not pay, when such 

 an enormous outlay with good interest can be returned by one 

 animal. As to the showyard successes of Duke of Connaught's 

 stock, many will remember those beautiful heifers, Lady Wild Eyes 

 15th, Dowager 2nd and Kirklevington Empress 3rd, successfully 

 exhibited at the Eoyal Shows held at Bristol, Kilburn, Carlisle 

 and Derby, as well as at the Great Yorkshire Meetings. 



The herd 'at the present time has been considerably reduced by 

 the sale of the heifers at high prices to go abroad, and such grand 

 cows as Blanche Eose 5th, Dowager, Kirklevington Empress and 

 Wisdom having given up successful breeding careers somewhat too 

 soon, thus the numbers are not quite so extensive as in former years. 

 The Duchesses are represented by both the Airdrie and Grand 



