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the North Lonsdale, by securing the challenge cup, value 105?., 
for the best bull. Apparently encouraged by these successes, 
he in the following year showed very freely, and was exceed- 
ingly successful. Cups and " firsts " seem to have poured 
upon him in 1875 and 1876 at all the local exhibitions, and in 
1877 we find him farther afield, winning at Preston in July a 
first with a yearling bull, and at the Royal at Liverpool a fourth, 
with a heifer. And now he is " all over the place " with his 
stock. Preston and Lancaster, Skipton and Doncaster, Kelso 
and Dumfries, Worcester and Bedford, all know his name. At 
Kilburn he gained the first prize for yearling bulls, and now 
thickly follow some remarkable successes. The Kilburn year- 
ling won at Cheltenham, Shrewsbury, Leeds, Preston, Blackpool, 
Worsley, Cockermouth, Lancaster, Birkenhead and many other 
places, and earned for his owner about 300Z. in cups and prizes, 
and it is simply impossible that I should enumerate the number- 
less other winnings which poured in in 1879. I will at the 
end of this paper attempt some kind of analysis of the book 
which Mr. Handley has placed in my hands, but I have said 
enough to show that this herd has been, of late, successful in no 
ordinary degree. 
The first bull which claimed our attention in looking over 
this herd was the old " Sir Arthur Ingram," bred by Mr. Linton 
and bought by Mr. Handley, jun., at his sale in the autumn of 
last year. This grand old animal, at eight years old, is still in 
capital working order, and was so well known in the Showyard 
that any description of him would be superfluous. He won 
three Royal firsts and three seconds, besides a great number of 
prizes at other shows, before he came into his present owner's 
hands. Although his show days are probably over, he yet 
retains such vigour that he is likely to make his mark on the 
Greenhead herd. I believe his last appearance in public was 
at Kilburn in 1879. 
The beautiful roan " Master Harbinger," winner of the first 
prize in the yearlings at Kilburn last year, is still in all the 
bloom and freshness of youth, and apparently unimpaired by his 
preparation for the numerous exhibitions in which he has been 
victorious. The pedigree of this very successful young bull I 
extract from the Royal Agricultural Catalogue at Carlisle, where 
he was second. " ' Master Harbinger ' (40,324), roan, 2 years 
7 months 1 week 6 days old, bred by Exhibitor ; s. Alfred the 
Great (36,121), d. Earl's Flora, by Earl of Eglinton (23,832), 
g. d. Flora Cobham, by Marquis of Cobham (22,299), gr. g. d. 
Flower of Fitz-Clarence, by Alfred Fitz-Clarence (19,215), 
gr. g. g. d. Miss Nicety, by Veteran (13,941)." Mr. Handley 
still possesses his sire, " Alfred the Great," and this bull, a fine 
