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purchases at the West Dereham sale of 1883. Mr 

 Bethune's own Roses, as he termed them, were of 

 Leconfield descent through Rock Rose. 



Master Blithe, which was used for six seasons at 

 Blebo, had for sire Mr Booth's Lord Blithe, own 

 brother to the Royal Show cow Lady Fragrant. 

 Other bulls used in the Blebo herd were King 

 Brian (34,308), Hochstapler (36,776), and Major 

 (41,556). Two bulls of Mr Hugh Aylmer's breed- 

 ing followed, and most of the young animals catalogued 

 for the dispersion sale held in August 1885 were by 

 Prior, bred by Mr Andrew Mitchell. There were a 

 good many descendants of Romping Girl on the sale 

 list. Two of these, Strawberry 21st and Strawberry 

 27th, were acquired by Mr J. J. Moubray of Naemoor 

 at 50 gs. each, and the 26th of the line was bought 

 for Montrave at 41 guineas. Five two -year -old 

 heifers averaged 45, 3s., but the average for 46 

 head was only 26. 



A herd which rapidly came into distinction between 

 1860 and 1865 was that owned by Mr George R. 

 Barclay of Keavil, Dunfermline. The herd was 

 managed by a man of genius in the breeding art Mr 

 Thomas Easton, afterwards so well known as agent to 

 the Rev. Thos. Staniforth and Mr Edmund Potter. 

 Among the earlier purchases were Fan Fan, a daughter 

 of Mr Sanday's 225 gs. Faith ; Seraphina 13th by 

 John o' Gaunt, which cost 240 gs., also a few selections 

 from Panton, Babraham, and Sittyton. The Sera- 

 phina family, however, proved by far the best at 

 Keavil. The principal bulls used were Mr Jonas 



