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Lax blood, had died just before of cancer in the nose, 

 and therefore Jeweller had no rival for the love of 

 Buttercup, and Butterfly was the issue. Bessy, half- 

 sister to Buttercup, calved Frederick by Lax's Duke, 

 and thus these two crosses produced the pair from 

 which Master Butterfly and Royal Butterfly sprang. 



straightforward chap — all was fish that came to his net. In colour he 

 was rather richer than Royal Butterfly. Culshaw saw him into his 

 horse-box at Chelmsford, and he went to Grays, and from there to the 

 docks. Red Butterfly was about the last of his get in England. Vestris 

 3rd was out of Venilia, and Rosemary out of Rosa. The former made 

 up best as a heifer from two to three, but she turned patchy after that. 

 Roan Duchess 2nd by Frederick, g. g. d. old Blanche 5th, was a gay 

 lady, with such a back as we seldom see ; she died worn out, and the 

 last calf came wrong way first. Some said that Blanche 6th by Frederick 

 was better ; they were nearly own sisters. Roan Duchess 2nd won 

 everything she could at the Royal and the Yorkshire, and she beat 

 Booth's Bridesmaid at Ripon. 



In 1850 Butterfly and Venilia 2nd were shown at Glasgow, and were 

 beaten by a pair, one of which looked nearly pure Ayrshire. The 

 judges said that the roan wasn't good enough for the pair. At Alnwick 

 the roan was put first, but at Thirsk it was Butterfly first and Venilia 

 2nd nowhere. All three shows were within ten days. Hudibras, own 

 brother to Alice, came out about this time. He was a great leathering 

 fine bull, the same colour as his sister, but queer behind the shoulders ; 

 rather a long loose bull. In 185 1, at Windsor, we had Garrick by 

 Gaylad, from Lavinia, a fine strong-backed bull, red and white. Butter- 

 fly 2nd was by him. In the two-year-old class that year, Butterfly, 

 Ruby, and Venilia 2nd were first, second, and fourth. Frederica, the 

 first yearling heifer at Lewes Royal, was sold as an in-calf heifer, with 

 Lallah Rookh, for 700 guineas, to America, and shipwrecked. Their 

 boxes were blown down on deck, but still Frederica produced a living 

 calf, and did well for Mr. Thorne. The best prices besides these were 

 500 guineas from Mr. Douglas for Ringlet, the dam of his 500-guinea 

 Queen of Athelstane, as well as Maid of Athelstane ; 1000/. for three 

 heifer calves to go to America ; and the 1200/. for Master Butterfly. 

 Alice, Butterfly, Frederica, and Vestris were all firsts at Lewes Royal, or 

 the Yorkshire at Sheffield in 1852. This would be the lot that took 

 Mr. Jacob Bright's timepiece at Sheffield the same year. Vestris was a 

 grand cow, but she had only one calf. She took a surfeit one frosty 

 night and it killed her. Ruby (dam of Jenny Lind) was the first cow 

 at Birmingham, where she took the female gold medal. She was also 

 first in her class at Smithfield, but a Hereford beat her for the gold 

 medal. In 1853 there was a great meeting at York, and Towneley took 

 six firsts and two seconds. Voltigeur was the first bull, and Roan 

 Duchess 2nd the first heifer calf, but Booth's Bridesmaid beat both 



