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Grand Duke of Geneva 3rd 49377, purchased at the Underley sale, 

 has nofc arrived, but the female specimens are wonderfully good, 

 especially the white Grand Duchess 46th, which exhibits all the 

 symmetry and character impressed by Duke of Connaught upon his 

 produce. Her first calf was unfortunately lost, but the second 

 Grand Duchess 61st is a straight nice heifer and a third is expected 

 shortly. Baroness Oxford 5th, the highest priced of her tribe in 

 this country, came into the owner's possession from the Preston Hall 

 sale, and a wealthy red and white two year old is the only produce she 

 had at Park le Breos, while Duke of Oxford 70th 5 L 141, a shapely red 

 of medium size, with good hair, has been used the last two seasons. 

 The Wellingtonias, or Mariposas as they are now named, were 

 obtained at Kimbolton by the purchase of Sequoiah, and of her two 

 daughters, Mariposa and Mariposa 2nd, we prefer the latter, which 

 has bred a straight roan yearling in addition to a newly dropped bull 

 calf. The Wild Eyes are the most strongly represented tribe, Lady 

 Bright Eyes 2nd, Lady Worcester 24th, and Belle of Worcester 2r,d, 

 being an excellent trio, while the Darlingtons are not far behind with 

 an exceptionally pretty calf, and her mother, Deepdale's Darling, 

 Sharon's Rose and Sharon's Rose 2nd, bought at Elmhurst, have 

 proved prolific breeders, the former having had five heifers since 

 coming into her present owner's possession, four of which were sold 

 at the Langleybury sale, with the produce of the younger cow, 

 nothing daunted, the pair have each had female produce, thus this 

 tribe is again the most numerous in the herd. Royal Gwynne 4th, 

 hailing from Killhow, worthily representing the Cumberland 

 "Pollies," had six hundred and sixty-one gallons placed to her credit 

 in the season of 1884, and the Siddington Gazelles have also a fine 

 specimen in the aged Gertrude. 



Alighting at Bridgend, midway betwixt Swansea and Cardiff, 

 we proceed to Waunyscil, a little under a mile from the station, to 

 see how Mr. W. R. Randall has fared with his purchases at The 

 Hendre sale of 1884, where he obtained Red Rose of Maplewell 

 {3rd, a daughter of Duke of Glos'ter 5th 36494, and the imported 

 Red Rose of Braemar, as well as Wastwater 2nd, combining the 



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