lleforl on the Cattle UxJdbiied at Windsor. 
600 
the Duke of Northumberland's " Red Rover," red dashed with 
white over the hind feet, with a good top-line rising evenly from 
the chine into the arch of the neck, and flesh of good quality, 
springing under the touch and notably elastic in the covering of the 
hip and tiUing of the hip cavity. He was bred by Mr. Langdon, 
. of Newbiggin. Another entry from Alnwick Castle, " St. 
Patrick," home-bred, had the Reserve Number, and between 
them in the prize-list was IMr. Cottam's Aberdeenshire-bred 
bull, " Flower Boy." 
Class 77, Bulls of 1887, had thirty-one entries — two with- 
drawn, three absent, twenty-six in the ring. The Prince of Wales 
sent an excellent pair, "Oxonian" and "Dauntless," both bred at 
Sandringham, respectively representing the Bates and Booth 
hex'ds, which His Royal Highness has kept distinct and on different 
farms. Both were Highly Commended, and " Dauntless," a rich 
red, had also the Reserve Number. He is of the beautiful 
" Diadem " tribe, from Mr. Donald Fisher's herd at Pitlochrie, 
Perthshire, but formerly bred at Windsor, and descended from 
" Cold Cream," one of the Prince Consort's purchases at the 
Fawsley sale in 185G. The tribe has been established at Sand- 
ringham for many years, and when seen a few years ago by the 
writer of this report, was remarkable for uniformity of character 
amounting to a strong family likeness, the head short, shapely, 
and pleasant-looking, and even the inward curve of the horns 
being alike almost throughout the tribe. The cows were of 
compact build, with well-expanded ribs and thick flesh. The 
other Sandringham bull, " Oxonian," a son of the Holker-bred 
"Baron Oxford 18th," from a " Barriugton" dam, is a showy- 
looking bull of a very attractive roan colour, and possessing the 
kind of hair which Mr. Bates placed among the foremost charac- 
teristics of the improved Shorthorn. 
In this Class was the Champion Shorthorn bull of the Show, 
Lord Polwarth's " Ironclad," a darkish roan son of the Warlaby 
sire " King Alfonso," from " Wave Surf," of Mr. Terr's " W " 
tribe, composed of Booth crosses upon the " Waterloo " founda- 
tion. Second for the Class prizes stood Mr. Hewetson's " Royal 
Warrior," also by a Warlaby sire, "Royal Riby," and bred by 
Lord Brougham from Mr. Marr's Aberdeenshire tribe of 
" Missie," with the "Heir of Englishman" cross, which 
stamped a grand character upon the Uppermill herd. The 
third winner, Mr. Handley's " Lord Frederick," hails directly 
from Aberdeenshire, where he was bred by Mr. Duthie, the 
breeder of " Mai-io." Among the other noticeable animals in 
this class was Mr. Hutchinson's thick-set, short-legged, spotted 
roan " Meteor," wide in the chest, good and strong along the 
