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Leander. 



Vol. VIII. 



LEANDER— SON OF DAIRY MAID. 



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TAe property of James Gowen, Esq., Moii0 Airy, Philadelphia. 



LEANDER— beautiful red and white- 

 calved 1839; got in England, by Whitaker's 

 Prince of Northumberland; dam, imported 

 Dairy Maid; Dairy Maid, by Harlsey,2()9r,; 

 (Harlsey's dam by Pilot, 496 ;) dam by Rob 

 Roy, 557; Rob Roy, by Remus, a son of 

 Conr.et, 155; dam Lady Jane, by Comet,' 

 155; — (K'OO guineas) — gr. dam Cleasleyl 

 Lady, by a son of Favourite, 252; gr. g.\ 

 dam, Lucinda, by Mr. Hutton's Bull of 

 Marske ; gr. gr. g. dam, Lucy, by Barning- 

 • ham, 56, &c., &c., &c. 



Prince of Northumberland, by Sandhoe ; 

 Sandhoe, by Streamer; dam by Compton's 

 Son of George; g. dam by Wellington, 683 

 — gr. g. dam, Miss. Hill, by Major, 397, Sic.,\ 

 &c., &c. Prince of Northumberland's damj 

 and Leander's gr. dam, Bellflower, bred 

 by General Simpson, — one of the best cows' 

 of her day in all England, now about nine-j 

 teen years old, (see Herd Book, vol. 2nd, p. I 

 505.) Bellflower by General Simpson's 

 Sultan, 1485, a son of Jupiter, 1147, and 

 Jupiter by North Star, own brother to Comet,' 

 (1000 guineas,) and dam, Mary, (300 guin-i 

 eas,) sister to Windsor, 698; g. dam, Rolla,j 

 also bred by General Simpson, and by North 

 Star, 458. For Sandhoe and Streamer's 

 pedigree, see supplement to Herd Book, vol- 

 ume 3rd. I 



The pedigree of Leander might be ex- 

 tended considerably, but to breeders and 

 those conversant with such matters, its fur- 

 ther extension would be superfluous. Lean- 

 der's sire was bred by Mr. William Jobson, 

 of Newtown, near Wovler, Northumberland, 

 of whom he was purchased by Mr. Whita- 

 jker; when that spirited breeder was intent 

 'upon developing the great milking properties 

 [of the ^^ Improved Dvrhams.^^ His dam, 

 Bellflower, was bred by General Simpson, a 

 I gentleman favourably known among the best 

 I breeders in England, who were aware that 

 his stock was derived from the herd of the 

 celebrated Charles Ceilings, the founder of 

 the best class that has ever yet appeared of 

 the Durhams. Indeed, breeders to this day, 

 in England, are satisfied if they can get the 

 descent direct from "North Star." 



Leander then lays claim to the best blood 

 by his sire, while, on the other side, through 

 his dam, " Dairy Maid," he takes the high- 

 est rank for purity of blood ; as it is believed 

 she possesses more of the Comet blood than 

 any animal now living, while her beauty of 

 form, great milking, and regular breeding, 

 are proverbial. In vigor, form, and consti- 

 tution, Leander is held to be unrivalled. 

 He has been bred with the utmost care, is 

 just five years old, not quite matured. The 



