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showy ard as he was as a sire, being a first-prize Royal 

 winner, and twice champion of England. Ten of his sons 

 and daughters and sixteen of his grandsons and grand- 

 daughters are first-prize Royal winners. He was a home- 

 bred bull on the dam's side. At the first Stockton sale he 

 was sold to an American for 3800 guineas, Sir James Rankin, 

 M.P., for Herefordshire, bidding 3700 guineas. "The buyer 

 failing to settle, he was resold at the next sale to W. Tudge 

 and T. Fenn for 1000 guineas, the highest price ever given 

 for a Hereford bull in England." A grandson of " Lord 

 Wilton," "Royal Wilton," by "Viscount Wilton," a bull 

 weighing 27 cwts., was sold to Robert Christison of Lammer- 

 moor, Queensland, and did splendid service in the herd. 



"Winter De Cote" (4258) was another famous sire and 

 prize-winner, descended from " Sir David." He was sire of 

 a famous heifer, " Leonora," and her mate, " Beatrice." 



The sire of " Winter De Cote " was " Leominster 3rd " 

 (321 1), a son of the " Sir Thomas" bull " Tomboy" (3546), from 

 an Adforton cow, and the two invincible heifers were from 

 '" Tomboy " dams, so they had a close double cross of this 

 son of " Sir Thomas." 



" Albion " (15027), a grandson of "Good Boy," and much 

 of the same type, but on a smaller scale, was the most 

 successful sire of recent years. No Hereford bull except 

 " Lord Wilton " has got so many Royal winners. 



"Ancient Briton" (15034), was bred at Leinthall on the 

 same lines as the two grand Adforton bulls, " Lord Wilton " 

 and " Regulator," being by a son of the one, " Bourton," and 

 his dam, " Bonnie Lassie," a sister from the same dam, 

 " Belladonna," as " Regulator." He was sold to go to the 

 World's Show at Chicago, and won there first prize and 

 champion as best Hereford ; and the next season he won 

 first prize and champion of all breeds at the American Great 

 Show at Illinois ; first and champion at the Iowa State Fair ; 

 first and champion at Nebraska State Show ; and champion 

 at all the State shows of the U.S.A. 



" Leinthall Beauty " was of a dark rich colour, with nice 

 soft curly hair, very mellow to the touch. She was shown 

 singly seven times, and took seven first prizes at leading 

 shows, including the Royal shows at Maidstone and York. 

 Her sire, "Rupert" (16366), was from the old Adforton- 



