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Vesper tribe. We have already alluded to the 

 great impression made by Baron Booth of Lan- 

 caster upon the breeders of the Central West, 

 and quick appreciation of the value of these 

 Booth bulls was shown in another quarter. 

 William Warfield became the owner of Robert 

 Napier* and A. J.Alexander, who had succeeded 

 to the ownership of Woodburn upon the death 

 of his brother, R. A. Alexander which occurred 

 Dec. 1, 1867 took Star of the Realm. 



In 1869 Mr. Cochrane made two importa- 

 tions, one in June and one in August. These 

 were practically all Booth-crossed stock, from 

 the herds of such successful adherents of the 

 house of Booth in Great Britain as Messrs. R. 

 Chaloner of King's Fort, Ireland; T. E. Pawlett 

 of Beeston. T. Barnes of Westland, Ireland; 

 Torr of Aylesby and Hugh Aylmer of West 

 Dereham Abbey, Norfolk. One of the bulls, the 

 roan Torr-bred Gen. Napier 8199, was bought 

 by Col. William S. King, the owner of Rose- 

 dale, who was easily the most daring operator 

 of the day in the Western States. 



The time seemed ripe, therefore, for New 



*Mr. Warfield says: "Robert Napier was a large bull of great scale 

 and weight, but not what I would call a very fine bull, neither was he a 

 uniform breeder. His calves Bertha (Vol. XV, page 447), Loudon Duchess 

 6th (Vol. XI, page 838), 3d Gem of Grasmere (Vol. XXI, page 6527), Loudon 

 Duke 12th 23847, and Bridesmaid (Vol. XXII, page 17075) were as fine ani- 

 mals as I ever bred. He received an injury on being shipped to the fairs on 

 the railroad, which I believe was permanent. I gave him to a neighbor and 

 I think he finally fell into the hands of Mr. Dean, Maryville, Mo." Another 

 fine daughter of this bull, bred by Mr. Warfield, was Lucy Napier, bought 

 and ehown by J. H. Pickrell. 



