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not yet made an addition to the herd. The handsome Carrie Craggs, 

 bred at Whittlebury, is the best of the tribe, of which there are 

 a couple more descended through Havering Park and Penrybn 

 Castle. The best of the Princesses have generally been inclined to 

 breed a greater proportion of the male sex than the one more 

 coveted, hence their comparative scarcity at the present day, yet 

 Princess of Lightburne 2nd, bought for a high price twelve years 

 ago, has proved an exception, as Princess of Blythe Gth, is the most 

 recent addition to the tribal name adapted by the noble owner, and 

 the magnificent old cow with her daughter, Princess of Blythe 2nd, 

 are a grand pair, and far advanced in calf. Minstrel Maid, a 

 compact substantial red and white, brought one of the first cow 

 calves to Knight of Oxford 8th 48118, a robust massive son of 

 Grand Duke 40th 43309, and that handsome heifer, Oxford Mary, 

 bought by the late Lord Hindlip for 1110 gs., at the Kiinbolton 

 sale. 



At Springwood, situate in yet nearer proximity to the busy 

 town of Liverpool than Lathom, we find Sir Thomas Brocklebank, 

 Bart., possessed of a number of excellent cows and heifers, and 

 May King 48314, a massive roan five year old of immense scale, 

 bred by Mr. Geo. Ashburner, is the reigning monarch. An Aylesby 

 W., from the Edgehill sale, is one of the handsomest of the matrons, 

 and on the same occasion the Flower tribe was obtained, thus both 

 the Bates and Booth lines of blood are represented in the Springwood 

 herd, as the red and white Lady Hilda 17th, a robust good sort, 

 belongs to the Bell Bates family of Lady Hudsons, and Butterfly 

 Princess 29th, a very pretty white heifer, to the family of that name 

 so long associated with Scaleby Castle, and highly topped with 

 Bates sires in addition to being very finely bred in their earlier 

 days. The owner has since increased his stock by the purchase of 

 four of the best of the cows three J.'s and one Eosy at the 

 dispersion of the Penrhyn Castle herd, thus it is evident that the 

 present excellence of the animals found at Springwood, will be 

 maintained. 



