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him also for a period at 120 guineas, and Mr. Hustler also. He 

 was sire of the highest priced heifer, Sweetbrier, lot 60, and of Gol- 

 den Pippin, lot 9. Venus appears to have bred a bull, Adonis (7), 

 and a heifer with the Hon. J. B. Simpson, and Clara two bulls 

 one of them Eryholme (1018), and a heifer with Mr. Thomas. Sir 

 H. Vane Tempest bought Tragedy of this tribe privately from Mr. 

 Robert Colling, and through Sir Charles Knightley's herd we believe 

 descendants of this line may still be traced. 



" Another tribe ( Wildair or Hubback tribe) came originally from the 

 stock of Sir William St. Quintin, of Scampston. This was a favorite 

 family with Mr. Robert Colling, who considered (Major Rudd stated) 

 that this tribe came from the same source as Hubback (319). Juno, 

 lot 3, and Diana, lot 4, sisters, were of it, also Wildair, lot 7, and 

 Nonpareil, lot 23, the highest priced cow, a fine roan, considered the 

 best animal in the sale, and one of the finest cows ever seen. Her 

 heifer, Sweetbrier, lot 38, bought by Mr. Maynard, was a red and 

 white, and made the greatest price among the heifers. Marske (418) 

 was of this family, and although in his twelfth year made 50 guineas. 

 He had previously been hired by Mr. Hutton, of Marske, whence his 

 name ; by Mr. Bates, and Lord Strathmore. Earl Spencer was not 

 fortunate with those he purchased, as most of their produce died or 

 brought bull calves. Nor was the Hon. J. B. Simpson lucky with his. 

 At Mr. Maynard 's sale in 1839, descendants of Sweetbrier, made the 

 highest prices. One of them, May Rose (103 guineas), was bought 

 by Mr. Wetherell for Mr. Fox, Ireland, with whom she bred four 

 calves, and was purchased in 1841 by Mr. Parkinson, of Ley Fields. 

 Formosa (38 guineas), out of May Rose's dam, was bought as a heifer 

 by Mr. Houldsworth, of Farnsfield, and at his sale in 1841, Mr. Torr 

 bought her heifer, Flora of Farnsfield, as a yearling, for 41 guineas. 

 It is from this heifer that the Flower tribe, the finest animals at 

 Aylesby, are bred, and which trace directly back to this favorite 

 family of Mr. Robert Colling. Lord Feversham's Wildair bred one 

 heifer, Phcenix, and four bulls, amongst them Emperor (1013). At 

 Barmpton she first produced Caroline, lot 16, and the celebrated bull 

 Harold (291), lot 64. This bull, a white, was used by Mr. Wiley, and 

 went to Messrs. Whitaker, Alderson, and Earnshaw. In the 1820 sale 

 the highest priced female is also of this tribe, viz. : Young Nonpareil, 

 lot 27, sold for 151 guineas to Mr. W. Smith. She bred three bulls, 

 and was sold in 1827 to the Earl of Chesterfield. Her son, lot 52, 

 Eclipse (238), was used by Messrs. Craddock & Charge. 



