thorthorn bull, ine nes,perty of M. H. Brierley, of Thodas

London Published by Rogerson & Tutord.co Strand. 1869.

Bolivar, roan, calved 5th of April, 1867, and bred by Mr. Joseph Meadows, of Thornville, Wexford, Ireland, is by First Fiddle (19749), out of Blossom 5th by Duke of Bedford (11378), her dam Blossom 2nd by Suffolk (9694)-Blossom by Napoleon (2349)-Bloom by Satellite (1420)-by Farmer (251)-by Cato (119)-by Charles (127) — by St. John (572)-by Chilton (136)-Nymph by The White Bull (421)-Lily by Favourite (252) Miss Lax by Walton Duke (180)-Lady Maynard by R. Alcock's Bull (19)-by Smith's bull (608) by Jolly's Bull (337).

First Fiddle (19749), red, calved 18th of May, 1862, and bred by Mr. Jefferson, Preston Hows, Whitehaven, is by Cherry Duke 4th (17552), out of Hollybush by Welcome Guest (15497), her dam Heartsease by Ploughboy (7338)-Lively by Pearl (4668)-Lively 4th by Rockingham (2550) Lively 2nd by Rolla (2557)-Lively 3rd by Mac Gregor (2236) Lively 1st by Major (2255)by Yorkshireman (5699) - by Northumberland (464)-by_Styford (103)-by Bollingbroke (86). In 1863 First Fiddle was shown as a yearling at Wigton, where he took the first prize in his class, and during the same year he was entered at the Cumberland and Westmoreland Show, at Cockermouth, when he took the first prize in his class, the Society's Challenge Cup of £20, as the best Shorthorn bull within the district, and also the silver Cup, as the best Shorthorn in the field; while he finished the season by taking the first prize in his class at the West Cumberland Show, at Whitehaven, together with the siver Cup, as the best of all the prize animals. In 1864 he was second to Royal Butterfly, at the North Lonsdale Show, where the competition was so close between the two, that the judges, who were divided in opinion, found it necessary to call in an umpire to decide which was the better animal. At the West Cumberland Show he took the first prize in his class, and the silver Cup, as the best of all the prize animals. Hollybush, First Fiddle's dam, was a'

well-known prize taker at the Cumberland and Westmoreland shows, in 1860, and the two following seasons, as a calf-yearling and two-year-old; while in 1864, at four years old, she took the first prize at North Lonsdale, in a capital class of cows.

Blossom 5th, a white cow, calved in 1855, was bred by Mr. R. S. Fetherstonhaugh, of Rockview, Ireland; she produced twins at two years old, and has been very prolific in the herd; her earlier days having been passed in the possession of Mr. Armstrong.

In 1868, at the Dublin Royal Spring Show, Bolivar took the fisrt prize and Towneley Challenge Cup for the best Shorthorn exhibited.

At the Leicester Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England he took the first prize of as the best yearling bull.

On August 19th, at Whitworth and Rochdale, the first prize as best yearling and piece of plate for the best beast in the yard.

On August 20th, the Cup of for the best yearling bull, at Burnley.

On August 21st, at Keighley, first prize of £5, best yearling, and £10 best bull above 12 months. On August 27th, at Clitheroe, first prize, Cup of £5 58., as best tenant-farmer's bull of any age.

On August 29th, at Halifax, first prize £3, as best yearling, and Vice-President's Cup, £5 5s., as best male beast in the yard.

On September 1st, Manchester and Liverpool first prize £12, as best yearling.

On September 5th, Great West-Riding, Wakefield, President's Cup, £6 6s., as best male beast in the yard.

On September 17th, at Middleton, first prize £2, as best yearling.

In 1869, at the Royal Meeting at Manchester, Bolivar took the first prize, £25, as best bull above and under 3 years.

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At Haslingden, first prize, £6, as the best bull of any age above 2 years,

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