360 On the Exhibition of Live Stock at Chester. 



tinguish any of them, and the more so as Mr. Strafford holds the 

 registration of these and other important families, with their 

 descendants, &c., in the numerous volumes he has published of 

 the ' Short-Horn Herd Book/ 



With one exception — that of Windsor — the Chester Meeting 

 has brought together more animals than any other show during 

 the twenty years of the Society's existence. 



At Oxford, our starting point, there were only 27 entries in short- 

 horns : these steadily increased to 115 at Newcastle, receded to 68 

 at Exeter (the land of the Devons), rallied again to 176 at Windsor, 

 fell back at Lewes to 64, since which they have again increased, 

 and reached the number of 126 in the six classes at Chester. 



The progress of the breed during the last twenty years has 

 been inost wonderful, and their value has become more generally 

 admitted, as they have been distributed over the island. The 

 early tribes, before mentioned, maintain their pre-eminence, 

 showing that none but the purest bred can win, when meeting 

 upon fair and honourable terms at these great national gatherings. 



It has been already mentioned that Mr. Bates first distin- 

 guished the short-horns at the meetings of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society by his exhibition of the Duke and Duchess tribe. He 

 had other tribes of short-horns which Avere crossed with bulls 

 from liis Duchess cows, such as the Foggathorpe, Waterloo, 

 Wildeye, and Cambridge Rose tribes ; but the Duchess tribe 

 were always considered the best, and uniformly brought the 

 highest prices. 



At the decease of Mr. Bates the Kirkleavington herd was 

 brought to the hammer by Mr. H. Strafford, on the 9th May, 

 1850: 



48 Cows and lieifers realized .. .. £3232 19 

 20 Bulls, different ages 1512 



68 £4744: 19 



Averaging 69Z. 15s. Id. each. 



In 1853 the famous Tortworth Court Collection of short-horns 

 was sold. The executors of the late Earl of Ducie directed Mr. 

 Strafford to offer them for public competition on the 24lh and 25th 

 August, 1853. 



49 Cows, heifers, and calves sold for .. jCfi867 

 13 Bulls and bull calves 2494 16 



62 £9301 16 



Averaging 151?. eacLi ! 



Then followed the Bushey Grove sale, 22nd May, 1857, when 

 59 animals, cows, heifers, bulls, and calves, realised 5317/. 45., 

 or an average of 90/. 25. bd. each. 



