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Neither Frederick nor Butterfly were born when, in 

 1848, Mr. Eastwood sold his herd of twenty to Colonel 

 Towneley, and when Frederick did come, it was in 

 twinship with Dot. For many years Mr. Eastwood 

 contented himself with watching the progress of the 

 Towneley herd under Culshaw ; but, like an old 



Alice and Frederica. They didn't send anything to Glo'ster, but they 

 met Lord Berners' old bull Pat (who had won there) with Jasper by 

 Jeweller, and beat him at Killarney. Jasper was a fine level bull, and 

 a twin like Dick and Frederick before him. In 1854 Master Butterfly 

 came out as a calf at Lincoln, where the herd took three firsts and two 

 seconds. Then the Yorkites got a dresser at Ripon. The Squire had 

 a first — he was a thick, heavy-fleshed dog, still not so thick on his back 

 or very nice in his huggins. Hogarth by Booth's Harbinger (who got 

 many of his bulls rather big in their hips) was first in the younger bull 

 class. He was a deep roan and red on the neck. Colonel Towneley 

 only tried in seven classes and took six firsts and a second. Butterfly, 

 Columbus, Roan Duchess 2nd, and Ringlet (a calf then) were the other 

 firsts. Ringlet was by Frederick, out of Pearly. Ringlet's chief fault 

 was that her head was down a bit. Butterfly won the Purcell Challenge 

 Cup three times, and got it into possession that year at Armagh. Dub- 

 lin Show brought four firsts in 1855 ; and at the Yorkshire, Blanche 

 6th paid back Booth's Bride Elect in the two-year-old class for beating 

 her at the Carlisle Royal. At Paris, in 1856, Master Butterfly was 

 the first bull, and Pro Bono Publico the second ; Vestris 3rd was the 

 first cow and got the gold medal. She was only two and a half years 

 old then, and her first calf was six months old. Gold medals were 

 given for extra merit, and Colonel Towneley had four animals in three 

 classes (Rosemary and Voltigeur were the others) and took three firsts 

 and four gold medals. Victoria came out and won as a two-year- old 

 heifer at Chelmsford that year, and she and Blanche 6th, Roan Duchess 

 2nd, and Rose of Towneley made a great sweep at Rotherham. She 

 was a beautiful cow, and won her honours at Birmingham and Smith- 

 field, in calf with Gold Medal, which was sold for 400 guineas to the 

 Atkinsons. 



There was little done in 1857, but at Chester the next year the ten 

 yearling heifers came out and were beaten by Booth's Queen of the 

 Isles. Frederick's Diadem was second, but Culshaw always thought 

 Emma the best of his lot. All of them had calves, and some of them 

 were in calf then. Royal Butterfly went and was highly commended in 

 the bull calf class, where Mr. Fawkes's Bon Garcon won. It was the 

 first time that Culshaw ever took a nurse, but he made an exception for 

 this pet calf, as he always drank too greedily from the pail. He was 

 seized with purging, and had to retire from the yard under Professor 

 Simonds's care, but it did not interfere with his winning trip to Northal- 

 lerton a fortnight after. Queen of the Isles was beaten easily by 



