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we may here, for the sake of a con^parlson and of comment, 
draw a line between the group of eleven mature cows and the 
group of five younger cows or heifers. Local usage sometimes 
provides a convenient term which is not generally recognised, 
and in this case a local terra, " heifer-cow," meaning an animal 
during the first " in-milk " period of her life, may be usefully 
applied to the three young mothers, and the two prospective 
mothers under three years of age may be called heifers. The 
difference between the two groups was as easily recognised as 
the difference between a bunch of full-blown roses and a bunch 
of opening rosebuds. The Judges preferred the rosebuds. They 
awarded all the three prizes among the three heifer-cows, Highly 
Commended one heifer and Commended the other, whilst nearly 
all the older cows had commendations, high or otherwise, and to 
one, Mr. Aaron Rogers's " Marchioness,"' the Reserve Number 
belonged. The Queen's fine Stocktonbury cow, " Mabelle " (a 
daughter of " Lord Wilton "), second last year at Nottingham, 
was one of those Highly Commended this year. " Rosewater," 
the beautiful heifer-cow bred and exhibited by the Earl of 
Coventry, came out as a yearling at Newcastle, where she had the 
Third Prize in her Class, and was last year First in the Two-year- 
old Class at Nottingham. She is now First in her Class, Champion 
female Hereford and best Hereford, winning the Hereford 
Breeders' 501. Prize and the Queen's Gold Medal, in addition to 
the Society's Prize of 20?. as the best in her Class. It is 
difficult to compare a remarkable living animal with one, equally 
remarkable, of past years, but, allowing that certain differences 
of individual character might incline some judges to favour the 
one and some judges the other, " Rosewater " will probably take 
historical rank with Mrs. Edwards's " Leonora," the Champion 
Hereford at the Kilburn International Show ten years ago. Both 
will be remembered as animals closely approaching ideal perfec- 
tion. The genealogical records of "Rosewater" are worth 
studying, to find the composition of so excellent an animal ; but 
this is not the place for minute details of pedigree. Briefly and 
roughly stated, her antecedents trace through " Merry Monarch" 
and " Rarity 14th," grandjiarents of her sire, " Rare Sovereign," 
to some of the very best blood in Lord Berwick's celebrated 
herd, and to the old herd of Mr. Theophilus Salwey, of Ashley 
Moor, founded upon that of Mr. T. A. Knight ; through " Rare 
Sovereign's" sire to the prize-winning herd of the late Mr. William 
Tudge, of Adforton, and to that of Mr. Thomas Rogers ; and by 
her dam " Rosemary," " Rosewater " is descended from the noted 
" Rhodia " family of Mr. Philip Turner, of The Leen, and from 
the historical bulls " Horace " and " Sir Thomas " through " The 
