90 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



ite one for many years for leading breeders to come 

 to when they wanted a first-class sire, and the grand 

 lots of steers sent each October from Kadnor shire 

 to top the Hereford great October fair were almost 

 all from the Monaughty sires, distinguished always 

 for their scale and quality. The catalogue announc- 

 ing this sale set forth that "every animal offered 

 for sale is red with white face and mane. ' ' 



Speaking of Sir David's incestuous breeding, 

 William Tudge, late of Leinthall, says : 



"My experience, and I have known many in- 

 stances, is that they (the in-bred animals) are ex- 

 ceptionally strong in their constitutions, or more 

 delicate than their fellows. Both these cases I have 

 seen repeatedly, and if strong, as Sir David was, 

 when mated with cows of quite another strain the 

 produce has been much stronger than with other 

 sires. This is well borne out by Sir David's stock, 

 particularly so in the two cows he served in 'The 

 Grove' herd, his two sons there, Sir Benjamin 

 (1387) and The Grove (1764), being exceptionally 

 good sires and the one, Sir Benjamin, a marvelously 

 good animal. In the case of The Grove the bull met 

 with an accident when young, and was to a certain 

 extent crippled so that he had not the same oppor- 

 tunity as Sir Benjamin of showing what he could 

 have done. 



"I have heard my father say, and he was con- 

 sidered a very good judge, that when he saw Sir Da- 

 vid at Ludlow he was lying down and he looked to 

 him like a mountain of flesh. He always said he 

 was the biggest bull he ever saw of any breed." 



The English sale and showyard records for long 

 years subsequent to the use of Sir David bear in- 



