2 1 8 Saddle and Sirloin. 



demonstrative on such occasions, but no one seemed 

 to take more interest in Johnny Osborne's and Lord 

 Clifden's memorable " game of patience." Still, after 

 all, " shorthorn racing" suited him best, and it was at 

 Doncaster, two years later, that he won the head 

 prize in the milch cow class with Pride of Southwicke, 

 which never looked more blooming. His lordship 

 gave 100 guineas for her at Lady Pigot's sale, where 

 he arrived after the good old fashion from New- 

 market in a chaise-and-four a sight which created 

 quite a healthy stir. When he came back to Dun- 

 combe Park after the session he would as often as not 

 step off to the stedding to see the new calf arrivals 

 before he entered the house. A good hack was also 

 one of his fancies, and he generally ran his eye over 

 Mr. Milward's lot and sometimes made a purchase. 

 Be it where it might, he always liked to bid for him- 

 self. In his manner his lordship was reserved, but 

 always courteous and chatty upon shorthorns, espe- 

 cially when he was in his favourite bidding spot, a 

 little behind Mr. Strafford's waggon with his umbrella 

 under his arm. On the Willis's Rooms day he took 

 the chair at the sale luncheon and declared his Kirk- 

 levington faith in such an unwavering fashion, that 

 the Booth men said with justice that he rather ignored 

 Bridecake's share in the Grand Duchesses. Whether 

 in Hanover-square or at the Smithfield Club (where 

 he was second with a good heifer the year before his 

 death) he was alike zealous and pleasant to work with, 

 and he was sorely missed from his accustomed spot on 

 those May mornings in '67, when Kent and Essex 

 raised the standard of Bates.* 



* After his lordship's death in 1867, a draft sale of shorthorns took 

 place, and an average of 33/. 19*. 2d. was made for 38. Two of the 

 females of each tribe were retained by the present Earl, and Orestes 

 (22,443) of the Knightley blood was used. At the Milcote sale in 

 1869, Hospitality, who combines Princess and Bates blood with that of 

 the old Fawsley Cyrilla or Cold Cream, was bought for 50 guineas. 



