132 FIELD AND PERN. 



Col. Towneley's Hudibras (10339), an own brother 

 to the famous Alice. 



His greatest bull bit was made when he bought 

 Mr. Ambler's Captain Balco (12546) byBalco (9918) 

 from Cowslip, a shabby little cow, by Upstart. He 

 considered " The Captain^' to be the best Bates bull 

 he had ever seen, and he had not only Rose of Sum- 

 mer's two crdves by him, but the Third from the 

 Second Queen of Trumps, which vied with Hose of 

 Athelstane, in sweeping the three National prizes in 

 one year, as Rose of Summer had done before them. 

 Captain Balco, after winning several prizes as a year- 

 ling in 1854, was second at the Royal Dublin Show 

 to Master Butterfly, the nearest thing that the " un- 

 beaten one'' ever had, and Richard Coeur de Lion 

 (13590) and Cadet (12521) ranked next. The Society 

 of Shakers, who farm 1,000 acres of the finest land 

 in Ohio, gave 400 guineas for him, among the 

 twenty which they purchased from Mr. Douglas in 

 the course of two years, and his son Sir James the 

 Rose (13290), whose very first calf was Maid of Athel- 

 stane from Ringlet, took his place, and was long 

 the main prop of the herd. 



In the same year (1855) that Captain Balco went 

 abroad, Mr. Douglas bought Hymen (13058) by the 

 Duke of Cambridge (12742) from Bridecake, as a 

 calf at the Springfield Hall sale; but he scarcely 

 used him, as his senior did not leave England till 

 nearly the end of the season, and after v/inning the 

 county prize with him against bulls of all ages, he 



