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their new owner, Mr. Stewart of Southwick. Lord 

 Raglan was purchased back by Mr. Douglas, and 

 the produce of Rose of Autumn who broke to Cru- 

 sade, and was served by Heir-at-Law (13005), came 

 back to Athelstaneford in Rose of Sharon . 



With that admiration for the Booth blood, which 

 made him once bid Mr. Richard Booth 500 gs. in 

 vain for Charity, and 550 gs. in later years for Nec- 

 tarine Blossom, Mr. Douglas went to the Killerby 

 sale in the autumn of ^52, and bought Birthright, a 

 grand-daughter of Bracelet, in-calf to Hopewell 

 (10332), as well as Officious, a calf by the same bull, 

 and of the same tribe, which he dipped into still deeper 

 by the purchase of Spicey and Ringlet. Warlaby 

 also furnished him with Extasy from Isabella Exqui- 

 site, which was re-registered, with Mr. Booth's per- 

 mission, as Isabella Hopewell. Along with Rose of 

 Sharon, there came a 600-guinea lot, in the shape of 

 Hawthorn Blossom, Heather Bell, and Cherry Queen 

 from Cherry Blossom, a daughter of Old Cherry, and 

 Imperial Cherry (the dam of Lady Bigot's prize 

 winner Cherry Empress) from Cherry Blossom's 

 daughter Rose of Southwick. It was quite a case of 



" Cherry ripe ! cherry ripe ; cheap I crj-. 

 Full and fair ones — come and l)uy ;" 



and the yearnings which had sprung up in Mr. 

 Douglas's mind, as he conned his two favourites in 

 the yard at Edinburgh, fourteen years before, had at 

 last their fulfilment. Three out of the four were by 



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