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the colours of many of the recent winners would be lowered by his 

 appearance in the ring. The Field- Marshal's trusty aide-de-camp 

 is Gracchus, a neat red and white yearling, bred at Catterick, The 

 matrons and their babes are found in a portion of the Park. Alix 

 7th, the fourth generation from the original purchase, is a deep 

 fronted cow of good quality, although not the equal of Eugenie, 

 descended from the other Fawsley purchase, as she is considered 

 the choice, her graceful carriage, neat shoulders, expanded ribs, and 

 level top, with the cow calf by her side, are greatly admired. 

 Another of the same lengthy type is Carolina 10th, if anything 

 more ladylike in appearance, and her little daughter is very pretty, 

 thus giving us a favourable impression of the Cold Creams, which 

 although limited to a quartette, appear likely to revive the family 

 fame, as since coming to Windsor they have been victorious at the 

 Aberdeen, Inverness, and Stirling Meetings of the Highland Society. 

 Strawberry Leaf and Lady Grace, two half-sisters, bought at the 

 West Dereham sale, have excellent foundations in descending from 

 the stocks of Mr. Troutbeck and Mr. Jolly, the former is very neat, 

 but lacks the great substance of her companion, a wealthy good sort. 

 Not far distant we have Fraulein, of the Norfolk Seedling tribe, a 

 cow greatly admired at the recent Sandringham sale, where she was 

 purchased by Mr. Tait. Excepting the Alixes, of which Alina, a 

 robust hair) calf, out of Alix 7th, and Alix 10th, a very nice yearling, 

 by Mr. Aylmer's Sir Benedict 42389 who came on hire for a short 

 period are the best, we have only to make mention of three more 

 families which may be described as the old Windsor herd, ^hese are 

 Faithless, a straight lengthy heifer, descended from Sir Charles 

 Knightley's Polly, but whose ancestress was obtained at Watering- 

 bury ; Bertha, a heavy fleshed Sir Benedict yearling, is from a Royal 

 Benedict cow, bought at Churchill Heath, which bred to the age of 

 fifteen, there are also pointed out Bracelet and Brenda, of the same 

 tribe ; and the pretty Water Nymph, one of the best of this year's 

 calves, does credit to Royal Leopold 53609 hired from Catterick 

 before being exported to Buenos Ayres and the tribe tracing to 

 Jasmine by Mr. Ceilings' Midas 435, which she so worthily represents. 



