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exhibited at Birmingham Christmas Show, when she scaled 

 17 cwts. 2 qrs. live-weight " Rufus " (394), the bull which 

 was first at Park Royal in 1904, weighed 25 cwts. when in 

 ordinary condition. As an instance of the breed's acquired 

 power of early maturity, a pure-bred steer, bred and fattened 

 by the Hon. E. A. Fitzroy, West Haddon, Northampton, 

 was exhibited at Christmas 1905, in the Northampton 

 Market, and took first prize and champion against all breeds. 

 He sold under the hammer for .40. His live-weight at 

 three years and three months old was 19 cwts. 3 quarters 

 and the dressed carcase 173 stones 8 Ibs., and he only received 

 ordinary feeding till within the last nine months of his 

 development. 



There are now about 400 registered Longhorn Cattle in 

 the country, descended from what were considered the best 

 herds in the palmy days of the breed, and they emerge from 

 the long period of obscurity strengthened in the qualities 

 that are now finding increasing favour in many centres far 

 removed from each other. A good many of the best cattle 

 can trace descent from " Emily," the reserve cow for the 

 Queen's Gold Medal at Windsor Show in 1889. Her record 

 was regularity in breeding and 17 Ibs. of butter a week. At 

 15 years old she was sold at 15, butcher's price. 



The Members of the Longhorn Cattle Society number 

 thirty-three, but only twenty-two own herds. The most 

 prominent are : 



John Caesar Bacon, Seafield, Santon, Isle of Man ; 

 Stanes B. H. Chamberlayne, Witherley Hall, Alherstone ; 

 Mrs M. M. Cheape, Bentley Manor, Redditch, Worcester- 

 shire ; Mrs R. D. Bering, Baddesley, Clinton, Knowle, 

 Warwickshire ; The Hon. E. A. Fitzroy, Fox Hill, 

 West Haddon, Rugby; H. W. F. Garland, Hope Court, 

 Hope, Shropshire ; Lord Gerard, Eastwell Park, Ashford, 

 Kent; Joseph Green, Whitley, Coventry; C. S. Han- 

 bury Poles, Wane, Herts ; Thos. Sammons Hands, Canley, 

 Coventry ; Thos. H. Harrison, Normanton Home Farm, 

 Stamford ; Henry Houghton, Narley House, Osbaston, 

 Nuneaton ; The Rt. Hon. Mary, Baroness Kinloss, 

 Stowe House, Bucks; T. Basil P. Levett, Wychnor Park, 

 Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire ; John Frederick Mayo, Friar 

 Waddon, Dorchester ; Thomas C. C. Morgan, The Pavilion, 



