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stitution, flesh and feeding quality and became wide- 

 ly celebrated. Not many of the Downton cattle are 

 on record, but some of the best of the English herds 

 of the herd book period including that maintained 

 by Mr. John Hill of Felhampton Court acknowl- 

 edged heavy indebtedness to them. 



In the Hall of Fame. It is not our purpose to 

 go into great detail as to all those who contributed 

 to the creation of the latter-day Hereford, but we 

 cannot pass on to the herd book period without re- 

 cording at least the names of a large group of intel- 

 ligent, able men who made skillful use of the plastic 

 material at their disposal. 



There was for instance the Yeomans family. Rich- 

 ard and John with their famous old-time herds were 

 on the side of the white face as against the mot- 

 tle-face and helped to win the day for the former, 

 while in comparatively recent times, John H. and 

 Henry Yeomans acquired prominence in the exten- 

 sion of the Hereford dominion throughout western 

 America. 



James Yarworth, first in Momnouth and later in 

 Herefordshire, commenced breeding in 1802 and for 

 18 years was a power in the trade. His most noted 

 bull was Trojan (192), shown at Hereford in 1816 

 and called by the awarding committee "the finest ani- 

 mal ever shown before the society. " 



W. Walker of Burton near Clifton-on-Terme and 

 his son J. Walker of Lulsley Court, Worcestershire, 

 were men who also helped build up the breed. Prox- 



