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offence to his family. Considering that Morning Star (the sire of 

 Vesper) was Bracelet's son, and Priam (her grand-sire on the 

 maternal side) her sire, and the after crosses of King Arthur and 

 Prince George were full of the blood of Buckingham, it will be 

 difficult to find any one tribe more impregnated with this celebrated 

 blood. Mr. Bruere realized large prices for males and females, Mr. 

 Cochrane buying Star Queen and Vesper Star, at 500gs each, the 

 latter on her re-importation exactly doubling her cost price, and 

 Vernal Star, who had gone out in the bloom of her youth at 400gs, 

 returned in the comeliness of matronhood to increase it by h sixty," 

 and the heifer which accompanied her, brought TOOgs. from Mr. A. 

 E. W. Darby. What more can be written to impress the public 

 with the value of the Vesper tribe? In the days of old, Mr. Bruere 

 had a capital demand for the males, at good prices, and Star of the 

 Realm, bred by Mr. Cochrane from Star Queen, was one of the most 

 noted Booth animals in America. Lunar Star and Simeon Star, by 

 Mr. J. B. Booth's Moonstone 37107 and Mr. Ay liner's Sir Simeon 

 42412, are half-sisters, from Seclusion Star, who had two Vesper 

 crosses upon Mr. Carr's Sir Windsor Broughton 27507, the older is 

 a light roan of symmetrical form, being especially well sprung in her 

 rib and level in her loins, but the younger was unfortunately served 

 by Seclusion Star's son, True Blue 53767, when ten months old, and 

 the produce Azure Star, is very promising under the unpropitious 

 circumstances in which she came into the world, and the cow while 

 lacking in the sweet feminine head of Lunar Star, is preferred by 

 the owner for her good looks, may the two heifers she has bred in 

 succession one born since our visit, by Czar 49348, whose son from 

 the older sister is a wonderfully level youngster, with grand hair 

 and quality augur a bright future for this valuable old tribe. 



Lord Egerton's Home Farm on the Tatton Park estate, is within 

 driving distance five miles of Tabley Grange, and although the 

 noble owner is not an extensive breeder of pedigree cattle, yet 

 included in his grand lot of deep milking dairy cows, is as fine a 

 specimen of a shorthorn as need be wished for when Lady Ashton 

 G-wynne, considered the best of Pilton cattle sold in May last 



