CHAPTER VI. 



OTHER EMINENT ENGLISH BREEDERS. 



The earlier volumes of the English Herd 

 Book contain the names of many successful 

 breeders, but the operations of most of them 

 were more or less obscured by the brilliant 

 achievements at Ketton, Barmpton, Killerby, 

 Kirklevington and Warlaby. It nlust not be 

 supposed, however, that all early knowledge of 

 the art of Short-horn-breeding began and ended 

 with the eminent breeders mentioned in the 

 foregoing pages. The careers of these Napo- 

 leons of the trade necessarily occupy our atten- 

 tion somewhat to the disadvantage of other 

 worthy workers in the cause of improvement, 

 but no survey of the foundation upon which 

 our American Short-horn-breeding rests would 

 be complete without some reference at this 

 point to a few other herds that existed prior to, 

 or contemporaneous with, the period when our 

 leading pioneer buyers entered the English 

 market. 



Mason of Chilton. About midway between, 

 the cities of Durham and Darlington Mr. Chris- 



(143). 



