94 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



to have formed the real basis of the herd. Later 

 another good getter was found in Nelson (1021) bred 

 by Thomas Longmore, the breeder of Lord Ber- 

 wick's celebrated bull Walford. Another success- 

 ful sire was The Doctor (1083) from the splendid 

 neighboring herd of James Eea. His heifers "made 

 grand cows," but with the exception of one rare 

 show bull, Carbonel, the male progeny were not so 

 good. Carbonel was a showyard rival of the great 

 Sir Benjamin (1387).* The Grove (1764), a son of 

 Sir David, was also on hire for one season from his 

 breeder, B. Eogers, and left some choice bulls in- 

 cluding Adforton (1839), sold to Mr. Edwards of 

 Wintercott, a Eoyal winner in a great class at Wor- 

 cester. 



The farm of Adforton was taken in 1861 on the 

 death of Mrs. Tudge's brother, Mr. Longmore, and 

 it was here that the herd acquired its greatest fame. 

 Another of The Grove bulls, Pilot (2156), developed 

 into a sire of prize-takers, such as the noted cow 

 Lady Adfortonf and the Eoyal prize bull Stanway 



"Carbonel, like Sir Benjamin (1387), was passed over at Canter- 

 bury, but at Hereford three months later they were first and sec- 

 ond, and in two first-class bulls a greater contrast was rarely 

 seen Sir Benjamin with his wonderful scale, depth and weight 

 of natural flesh, but not equal to his rival over the blades and 

 chine, and general neatness, for Carbonel was a perfect model of 

 a bull, so far as he went, but lacked the size of Sir Benjamin. 

 The remark was often heard at the time, "What a splendid ani- 

 mal could be made out of the two," an observation which was 

 well verified in Lord Wilton (4740), for he possessed their blood 

 twice over combined. 



tA wonderfully good cow was this Lady Adforton. She stood 

 second to the extraordinary Queen of the Lilies at two Royal 

 shows, and was by Pilot (2156), a son of The Grove (1764), Sir 

 David's son, very big in her forehand and with an exceptionally 

 prominent brisket. And thereby hangs a tale. The morning aft- 

 er the return from the Royal, the show cattle were turned out 

 into a meadow just below the house at Adforton. During the 

 breakfast hour there was an alarming scare. A small farmer 



