72 AT THE SIGN OF THE STOCK YARD INN 



the greatest known in all the annals of live-stock 

 history. 



To recount his triumphs as a cattle breeder is 

 quite beyond the scope of this brief sketch. So 

 long as men shall continue to admire bloom and 

 beauty in fine cattle, and shall familiarize them- 

 selves with the records of the past, the names of 

 Faith, Hope and Charity, Grown Prince, Isabella 

 Buckingham, Plum Blossom and her white son 

 Windsor, Bride Elect, Soldier's Bride, Bride of the 

 Vale bought by RICHARD GIBSON for 1,000 guineas 

 Vivandiere, Queen of the May, Queen of the 

 Ocean, Lady Fragrant and Gommander-in-Ghief will 

 call to mind true triumphs in animal breeding. 

 RICHARD BOOTH died in 1864 at the ripe old age of 

 76, and the annals of the art hold no record of a 

 fairer fame. Shortly before his death an offer of 

 15,000 had been refused for the herd, then re- 

 duced to thirty head ! "He sleeps in peace beneath 

 the shade of the old gray tower of Ainderby, that 

 looks down upon the scene of his useful and quiet 

 labors." 



TOM G. BOOTH, whose portrait has also been 

 accorded Sanctum Sanctorum honors, a son of JOHN 

 of Killerby, succeeded to the great herd at Warlaby, 

 and with the cattle left by his uncle RICHARD car- 



