406 SHOUTllORN HKRDS OF KKOLAND. 



merits. About tins period, Mr. Evans began to purchase an 

 occasional highly bred female, and Wild Duke 3rd 42(511, a son of 

 Duke of Connausjht 38(504 and Lady Wild Eyes 9th. thus being 

 nearly full brother to Lord Fitzhardinge's beautiful heifer, Lady 

 Wild Eyes loth. Duke of Wetherby 5th 81083, after being 

 used at Elmhurst, Holker, and Wetherby, was bought at Mr. Greo. 

 Fox's sale, and the few daughters seen at Uffington, show his 

 remarkable impressivensss as a sire. Mr. Casswell's Laughton Duke 

 2nd 45086, was purchased the following year, and the succeeding 

 one, Duke of Ilindlip 2nd 46246, hired for four months at one 

 hundred and seventy guineas from Hindlip, previous to going to 

 Audley End amongst the Thorndale Roses. Viscount Oxford of 

 Elmhurst 48892 a grandson of Mr. Lovatt's 1,400 guinea Eleventh 

 Maid of Oxford has left a number of grand wealthy daughters in- 

 cluding that beautiful heifer, Lady Oxford Waterloo 5th, which 

 afterwards proved the winner at Newcastle in the youngest female 

 class. His successor, Cambridge Duke 20th 54068, a remarkably 

 level yearling, with capital well laid shoulders although not too 

 thin good ribs, and depth of body, was bred by Mr. C. R. Lynn, 

 and is a son of Knight of Oxford 3rd 43441 and Eed Rose llth, of 

 the English branch of the Cambridge Roses. 



The females are reared without any forcing, and the cows and 

 heifers are found in a natural healthy breeding state. The 

 Waterloos are the most prominent family in the herd, and even 

 more so will they be, since Lady Oxford Waterloo 5th has gained a 

 Royal victory, certainly she is a sweet ladylike heifer, and although 

 not past her calfhood at the date of our visit, she displays that 

 trueness of outline, which she shows so well when in her exhi- 

 bition form, indeed it was the opinion of the Canadians at Newcastle 

 that she was the most promising animal in any of the heifer classes 

 for next season. As her owners refused tempting offers for her to 

 cross the water, may they enjoy the pleasure of winning future 

 victories with this the most beautiful heifer the well known Bates 

 tribe has produced for many a year. Grand Waterloo 2nd, the 

 grand dam of the last mentioned heifer, was the late Mr. Evans' 



