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the Eighty-first, a very straight topped roan, out of our favourite 

 the Fifty-third; the Eightieth, out of the Fifty-seventh; the 

 Eighty-second is a heavy-fleshed sort, and the Eighty-sixth, a 

 capital fronted heifer, are daughter and grand-daughter of the 

 Thirty-second. A younger set are under cover in company with 

 the young Grand Duchesses, and the Ninetieth, a short-legged roan 

 is " first favourite." 



Lady Oxford 5th, after winning in the calf class at the 

 Worcester Royal of 1863, was bought by Mr. Drewry at the 

 Havering Park sale of 1867 for 600 gs., and bred the first seven 

 Baron Oxfords, while her daughter Baroness Oxford, proved just as 

 much a heifer breeder; her daughter Baroness Oxford llth, by 

 Duke of Connaught 33604, has bred the noble sires at the head of 

 the Babingley and Tortworth herds, while another daughter, the 

 Thirteenth, is a white of nice character and quality ; the 

 Fourteenth and Fifteenth are both grand-daughters by Duke of 

 Glo'ster 7th 39735 ; the former has had two heifers the Twenty- 

 first, with her grand substance and grand hair, being probably the 

 best and the younger is a compact nice cow, also the dam of 

 two good heifers by Grand Duke 46th 49671. Several other well 

 known families have had a home at Holker, but the Wild Eyes and 

 Lally tribes are the only two which are honoured by being at present- 

 given a "habitation." The Winsomes first came into promin- 

 ence at Holker, and aUho"gh the name is continued for the 

 female produce, it is to some extent misleading, as Winsome 27th, 

 a very handsome cow, is out of Marchioness of Worcester, bought 

 at the dispersion of the Ashdoun House herd, for 850 gs,, and her 

 produce are grer tly admired, especially her sappy red son by Duke 

 of York 9th 51 159 ; and the Thirtieth, her oldest daughter, has had a 

 charming roan heifer. Wild Winsome 9th and Winsome 26th, 

 tracing b.ick in a direct line to Winsome, bought by Mr. Drewry at 

 the Maiton-le-Moor sale of 1863, have also each a daughter in the 

 heid. Holker Lally, a beautiful roan daughter of Grand Duke 

 46th 49671, and Lally 15th, the "five hundred guinea" calf from 

 Winterfold, is a direct contradiction of the fact asserted by some 



