SALE OF SHORTHORN CATTLE IN ENGLAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 71, 22 March 1873, Page 4

SALE OF SHORTHORN CATTLE IN ENGLAND.

A country subscriber who takes great interest in breeding cattle, has requested us to give publication to the following from the London .Standard 1— An important sale of shorthorns took place at Holker Hall, the i .seat 6_xthe-D»qfesij [ of Devonshire, on Wednesday, ' ? Mr. Stafford being -the . auctioneer. Before .the sale commenced, a : of3_;6jt^ luncheon, under the; presidency of the Duke of Devonshire. ;|The toasts were v

of a complimentary character.. The company 'present oni the ground and at the luncheon . included some" of the most prominent noblemen and country gentle- . men of the, north. Many of the Holker Hall herd are of the most fashionable blood, viz., the Oxford, Wild Eyes, .Bareington, andßlajnch-e tribes. No Oxford females bred :in England (except Lady Oxford sth) have been offered by auction since Mr Tanqueray's sale in 1855, when Oxford llth and 16th, own sisters to Oxford 15th (from which those now offered for sale are descended), were sold for 500 and 480' guineas^ respectively.; A few descend , from'Mr R*.; Colling's celebrated cow Princess. Sires inheriting the Kirklevington blood of the highest order and merit have been used, such as the pure Bates bull, Lord Oxford (20214), .Grand Duke 10th (21848), and Grand Duke 17th (24064), a son of the celebrated prize winner, Lady Oxford sth. We append a list of the animatesold, together with the names of purchasers and prices: — " COWS AND HEIPEES. Gs Bright Star, 1860, Mr T. Barber, Hull ... 75 Cleopatra sth, 1861, Mr W. H. Wakefield, Kendal 125 Lady Butterfly Princess, 1863, Capt. Gandy, Eden Grove- ...... 73 Alexandra, 1863, Mr H. de Vitre, Wantage 51 Blanche 3rd, 1863, Mr Kennedy, Ulverston 210 Grand Duchess of Oxford, 7th, 1864, Lord Penryhn 915 Elvira loth, 1864, Mr H. de Vitre, Wantage 44 Winsome 2nd, 1865, Earl of Bective, Underley Hall 355 Bracelet, 1866, Mr J. N. Dickenson,. Upholland 100 Blanche sth, 1886, Mr George Ashburner, Ulverston ... ... 85. Elvira 6th, Capt. Gandy, Eden Grove . ...' i_s Oxford Rose, 1866, Mr John Thornton, of London 215 Caroline, 1868, Mr W. Angerstein, Brandon 160 Lady Bright Eyes, 1868, the Earl of Dunmore 150 Blanche 7th, 1868, the Hon. E. Dennison ... 125 Winsome 7th, 1869, Mr A. Brogden, Utter- "- ston 300 Blanche Bth, 1869, Mr H. de Vitre, Wantage . 110 Musical, 1869, Mv R. B. Hetherington, Silloth 80 Grand Duchess of Oxford 16th, 1869, Bev. Graham, Darwin ... ... ,„ 610 Winsome Sth, 1869, the Earl of Bective ... 320 Winsome 9th, 1869, the Earl of Bective ... 405 Blanche 9th, 1869, the Rev. R. Graham, Darwin 150 Lady Jocelyn, 1870, Lord Dunmore ... 90 Winsome, 10th, 1870, the Rev. P. Graham, Darwin 370 Grand Duchess of Ozford. 18th, 1870, Mr Pair 1005 Carry, 1 870, Mr W. Angerstein, Brandon ... 70 Blanche 10th, 1870, Mr W. Angerstein, Brandon 170 Lady Laura Bar.ington, 1870, Lord Bective 355 Blanche llth, 1871, Lord Favershi_m ... 100 Winsome, llth, 1871, Lord Eaversham ... 350 BULLS. Sunshine, 1869, Mr Marsland ... % ... 50 Duke of Oxford 19th, IS7O, Mr Botteri". ... 335 Macgregor, 1870, Mr Allen 104 Barden, 1870, Mr Marshall 225 Sunlight, 1870, Mr Tatton 90 Duke of Oxford 20th, 1870, Earl Eeversham 1000 Wastwater, 1871, Lord Chesham 50 Duke of Oxford 21st, 1871, Right' Hon. E. Dennison 155 Star and Stripes, 1871, Mr Ormandy ... 25 Dunbar, 1871, Mr Grantham 47 Duke of Oxford 23rd, 1871, Mr A. Brogden 155 . Total Guineas ... 9509 The sale was a very good one, and some fancy prices were paid. Thirty heifers brought no less a sum that 7273g5., or an average of a little over 242*|gs. each, while the bulls brought 2236g5., or an average of a trifle over 203gs. each. The highest price brought by a heifer was 1005g5., and tbe highest by a bull, a mere calf under twelve months old, was just a net lOOOgs. The price of the heifer, Grand Duchess of Oxford 18th, bought by Mr Fair, acting for Earl Bective, is the largest ever paid for a shorthorn in this country in public competition; and the price of the bull, Duke of Oxford 20th, was only-equalled in 1810, when Comet was sold by auction for exactly the same sum. Grand Duchess of Oxford 7th was bought by Lord •Penrhyn for 915gs. r and Winsome 2nd by Earl Bective for 355g5. The Rev. P. Grahame -ji'aid the fancy price of 610gs. for Grand Duchess of Oxford 16th. The total proceeds of the sale were 9509g5.