142 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



and bowed to the Chairman and Vice in turn and let himself down 

 again, with a simple word of thanks to the company. One was 

 more off-handed and hardly valued his herd enough ; the other was 

 the man of business who appraised it to a nicety." 



The Warlaby bulls were for years in such 

 demand that it was with difficulty customers 

 could be supplied. Ireland's Short-horn herds 

 were fairly dominated by them, while in Eng- 

 land such distinguished breeders as Lady Pigot, 

 Messrs. Torr, Bruere, Outhwaite, Peel, Pawlett 

 and others, by their intelligent manipulation of 

 Booth blood, assisted materially in giving it 

 that high renown which it has so long enjoyed. 



