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strong admiration for the leading aged bull Windsor 

 (14,013), with which Mr Eichard Booth had taken 

 the male championship. Windsor was by the re- 

 markable sire Crown Prince, and out of Plum 

 Blossom, the female champion of 1851. A visit to 

 Warlaby followed, and at that homestead he fixed 

 upon First Fruits as the bull which he would hire 

 when he had collected a few cows and heifers. Along 

 with Mr John B. Booth, he afterwards attended Mr 

 Crawley's sale at Luton, and purchased the heifer 

 Mistletoe at 74 gs. She became a noted prize-winner, 

 and Malvolio, a roan son of hers by Brigade Major, 

 became well known. In 1857 Mr Mitchell again 

 visited Yorkshire, and the result was the purchase 

 of several animals from Mr Jolly and Mr John Wood. 

 For bulls he held to Warlaby and Killer by. First 

 Fruits and Prince Arthur were followed by Brigade 

 Major, Lord Blithe, and Banner Bearer. 



In 1870 the herd had overtaxed its accommodation 

 and a sale was held, when 47 head averaged 50. The 

 most noted female animal disposed of was Bluebell, 

 which passed to the Hon. M. H. Cochrane at 160 gs. 

 A considerable section of the land was then given 

 up, and the herd was afterwards a small one. In 

 its later years it was strengthened by the selection 

 of good females from the herds of the Rev. Thos. 

 Staniforth, Sir Jacob Wilson, Mr Wm. Torr, Mr Hugh 

 Aylmer, Mr Donald Fisher, and Mr John Wood. It 

 was typically Booth in character, the cows in general 

 being large-framed, with wide ribs and strong backs. 

 Some of them, however, had gone from breeding at 



