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On arriving in due course at Welshpool and passing quickly 

 through the town, we are soon in sight of Garth Hall the residence 

 of Capt. Mytton surrounded by its well sheltered Park of sixty 

 acres, admirably adapted for a herd of pedigree cattle, especially 

 when seen in connexion with the other grass and arable land, some 

 five hundred acres which the owner has in hand. Captain Mytton 

 has been a breeder for the past sixteen years, his earliest female 

 purchases being made from Messrs. Evans and .Nevett, while his 

 males have been Beacon 36225 and Constantine 2nd 33404, bred in 

 the county ; Vespasian 32759, Admiral Hornby 42647, Lord Acomb 

 3rd 41816, of Messrs. Bayes, Att water, and Allen's breeding. In 

 1881, Mr. W. Arkell's first prize bull Fitzwilliam 3rd 47887 in 

 the youngest class at Bingley Hall was purchased for 105gs, and 

 afterwards Mr. G. Hobbs' highly commended Wellesley 23rd 48925, 

 was bought in the Hall. Somnambulist 52192, a neat deep red 

 descendant of Mr. Stratton's Moss Rose, and the lengthy stylish 

 Baron Bagpath 9th 50788, from Kingscote, are the sires in service. 

 In consequence of the disposal of fifty shorthorns in 1885, the 

 present stock of one hundred and fifty head, contains only about 

 thirty eligible for Coates', but the owner is carefully recording the 

 crosses of his dairy stock, until they will soon become "shorthorns" 

 according to the present standard of the Shorthorn Society. 



Agnes, the matron of the herd, in her fourteenth year, is a rare 

 sort and a capital breeder, her last born, Hannibal, is a very compact 

 yearling and full of quality, while his half-sister, Imogene, in 

 preparation for the Christmas Shows, is not behind in appearance, 

 arid will receive her share of attention when she reaches Bingley 

 Hall ; Laura, another sister, also attractive ; and Lavinia, an older 

 one, is of an excellent stamp and a good breeder. Alice, Gwendoline 

 and Joyce, all useful animals belong to one family, but are of various 

 branches. Lady Dennison 3rd and Florence, from Mr. D. Arkell's, 

 are not to be despised, neither is Miss Shrewsbury, a Yorton Villa 

 purchase ; space will not permit our naming all the animals, but 

 there are descendants of Mr. Robertson's Verbena ; Mr. Burgess' 

 Eglantine, and Pr. Rowley's Old Strawberry, the last named a 

 winner at the Shrewsbury Royal in 1844. 



