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Prom Springwood proceeding northwards, our first halting 

 place is Croston, where within a mile of the station Mr. Sigismund 

 de Trafford has erected some very convenient boxes and still more 

 are in contemplation for his shorthorn cattle, which are as yet few 

 in number, but it is the intention to increase them from time to 

 time. Prince Roderick 50258, a son of Prince Saladin 40542 and 

 Lady Wellesley 3rd, occupies the excellent box recently erected for 

 the reigning " King," he has a level top, with plenty of width of 

 loin, and carries himself with all the graceful mien of a Bates sire. 

 Eor a successor, Mr. De Trafford has bought Earl of Beverley 4th 

 54236, a heavy fleshed roan exhibited by Sir John Swinburne, at 

 Newcastle, he has excellent fore quarters, but falls off a little when 

 viewed from the opposite end. Certainly Mr. De Trafford's boxes 

 have a very comfortable appearance, and My Darling, bred at 

 Brayton, a compact little cow, does not disgrace the first to which 

 we are introduced, her daughter My Grern by Wild Prince 9th 

 44262, has more length than the dam. Gripsy Girl, a fine good 

 looking matron bred at that historical birthplace of shorthorns 

 Townley has had a couple of heifers, the older, Gripsy Maid, a 

 rare wealthy sort, does credit to Mr. Sheldon's Duke of Cerisia 6th 

 44657, and another very attractive heifer is Orange Blossom, from 

 Orange Bud, bred in the north of the county, by Mr. W. Ashburner, 

 from a local sort. 



Limefield, situate near the abode of the famous Townley herd, 

 has not the most favourable atmosphere for rearing highly bred 

 cattle of any kind, yet Mr. Thomas Horsfall, who has long had an 

 affection for the leading Bates tribes, has secured representatives of 

 most of them, and if Oxfords, Kirklevingtons, Waterloos, and 

 Wild Eyes', can withstand the exposed situation on the brow of the 

 hill, a continued rise for the quarter of a mile after leaving Briar- 

 field station, there need be little hesitation in buyers patronizing 

 the Limefield herd, when the accommodation becomes insufficient, and 

 a sale becomes a necessity. Mr. Horsfall has secured the services 

 of Mr. James Knowles, well known in the palmy days of Wetherby, 

 so with such superintendence, the cattle, almost needless to say are 



