The Farmer's magazine . ^ 1 ^ ^,^- ^ ^ 1l -^ IllffI lllllll. ^2^4^:^^^f/6^^^^€:^ ?c^. a/T^iaC^-A^oa ^cZ^^^^i^y^t^ cr/erscn & Tzi^zfijrd. 246, ^^H U I, MAY, 1859. PLATE I. CAPTAIN SPENCER, AND SUNBEAM. ENCnAVED BY T. B. HUNT, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BANNISTER, OF CARLISLE. Although Captain Spencer is hetter known tothe world by the triumphs of Sunbeam and Seagullat Biggar and elsewhere, he is gradually establish-ing a claim to rank among the best owners ofEnglish Shorthorns. At present his herd onlynumbers about fourteen, but four or five of themare plums which would hold their own of
The Farmer's magazine . ^ 1 ^ ^,^- ^ ^ 1l -^ IllffI lllllll. ^2^4^:^^^f/6^^^^€:^ ?c^. a/T^iaC^-A^oa ^cZ^^^^i^y^t^ cr/erscn & Tzi^zfijrd. 246, ^^H U I, MAY, 1859. PLATE I. CAPTAIN SPENCER, AND SUNBEAM. ENCnAVED BY T. B. HUNT, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BANNISTER, OF CARLISLE. Although Captain Spencer is hetter known tothe world by the triumphs of Sunbeam and Seagullat Biggar and elsewhere, he is gradually establish-ing a claim to rank among the best owners ofEnglish Shorthorns. At present his herd onlynumbers about fourteen, but four or five of themare plums which would hold their own of the earliest large purchases we rememberhis making, was at Mr. Grenfells sale in 1857,when he gave 150 gs. for Lizzy a four-year-oldcow, by Fourth Duke of York (10167), dam Louisaby Cramer (G907); and 60 gs. for her red calf,Sappho, by Prince Duke (13507), who was onlytwenty-three hours old at the time. At the Cob-ham sale again, he went in for her other daughterthe elegant Leila, by Count Gloster (12650), and the mysterious telegraph between him
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