42 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



1779. He is supposed to have introduced and used 

 the white-faced Yorkshire bull already alluded to. 

 His herd is said to have rivaled that of his colleague 

 Tomkins, so that Wigmore Grange is generally 

 called one of the earlier seats of Hereford power. 

 His sons, John and William, carried on the busi- 

 ness, and the first auction sale of Hereford breeding 

 stock of which there is record, was made by the for- 

 mer, Oct. 15, 1795, at a time when values had not yet 

 risen. Prices averaged around 13, the top, 32/5s, 

 being paid by Mr. Turner of Aymestry the grand- 

 father of Mr. Arthur P. Turner, late occupant 

 of The Leen for a two-year-old heifer. William 

 Galliers took numerous prizes with fat Herefords 

 at local shows. 



There is little but tradition bearing upon the orig- 

 inal herds of the Tullys of Huntington. A bull of 

 this blood seems to have founded the herd of Mr. 

 Tudge, the celebrated Adforton bull Lord Wilton 

 tracing back to him. The first prize ox at the first 

 Smithfield was of Tully blood. The white-faced bull 

 calf already mentioned as one of the originators of 

 the white face probably appeared about 1750. 



Certain it is that the Tully cattle were of good 

 scale, for many oxen of Huntington breeding fed 

 for the early fat stock shows made enormous weights 

 and sold for fancy prices. Moreover, it is said that 

 they carried more white than any strain of like 

 prominence in the country. The elder Tully is said 

 to have had three sons, Samuel at Huntington, Jo- 

 seph at Haywood and another at Clyro. At auction 



