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Addison used sires of the fashionable Darlington, Waterloo and 

 Wild Eyes tribes. The most recent additions are Duchess of Elford 

 2nd a Duchess Nancy and Parrot Grwynne 5th of the "Polly " 

 branch bought at the dispersion of the late Col. Webb's herd. 



Driving through the quiet little market town of Eccleshall, two 

 miles on the further side we reach Sugnall Hall, the residence of Mr. 

 W. Williams, and on proceeding with the owner to his Home Farm, 

 the by no means inappropriately named Model 51759, a level son of 

 Mr. Lloyd's Lord Bletchingley 45065 who was used by Mr. 

 Williams before being passed over to his neighbour, Mr. Addison 

 and Specimen 2nd, bought of Mr. Angerstein, combining both the 

 Charmer and Sweetheart blood, and whose descendants are now 

 with the Furbelows, the most numerous tribes in Mr. Williams' 

 possession, the latter tracing to the half-sisters, Honeydew 2nd and 

 Weston's Honeydew, bought at the Elmhurst sale of 1877, the former 

 being by Baron Holker 30459, a son of Baron Oxford 4th 25580, 

 from Bland, of the Blanche tribe, and the latter by Grand Duke 

 of \V eston 3rd 34079, who was from that fine cow, Grand Duchess 

 19th. Previous to the purchase of the Honey dews, Mr. Williams 

 had bought Dianthus and her bull calf, by Duke of Oxford 26th 

 23708, of the Dido family, from Mr. J. Robinson at Berkhampstead, 

 the youngster was named B.iron Sugnall 4106S, and afterwards 

 largely used. Although other purchases were made, yet the present 

 herd comprises only the three tribes now named, but another branch 

 of the Furbelows was added through Princess Royal, with a dash of 

 Booth in her pedigree, bought at Pitlochrie. In our inspection of 

 the females, we are unaccompanied by the herdsman, and the bailiff, 

 who has been but a few days on the premises, is unable to indentify 

 the animals, thus we are compelled to abstain from noting further 

 than that there are several fine shorthorn like cows, which are 

 understood to be Furbelows tracing to the Elmhurst purchases. 



Two Midland herds have been unintentionally omitted, thus 

 before proceeding northwards we will devote a portion of this 

 chapter to their notice. At Wroxall, rot more than six miles from 

 the county town of Warwickshire, a very useful newly formed herd 



