98 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



. hood in him to make him arch his grand neck, slight- 

 ly bend his head, look askance, and snort once or 

 twice as a stranger approaches him. This sets off 

 his form splendidly." 



Mr. Eogers evidently had a genius for cattle 

 breeding. He now sent one of his best Sir Thomas 

 cows, Blossom, to be bulled by Horace (3877) re- 

 sult, The Grove 3d. Hereford history contains the 

 names of few greater breeding bulls than "Old 

 Grove," as he was familiarly known in his declin- 

 ing years. After fairly flooding the great show 

 yards of England with his mellow, rich-fleshed prog- 

 eny, he was bought by Mr. Culbertson for importa- 

 tion to America, as will be detailed further on. His 

 bulls out of Spartan dams were a wonderful lot. 



Assurance, bred by T. J. Carwardine of Stockton- 

 bury, was another good breeding bull bought and 

 used at The Grove. He was the sire among other 

 capital animals of that sturdy old bull Tregrehan 

 (6232), that also came to America and in the hands 

 of the late William S. Vannatta acquired great repu- 

 tation. 



Mr. Eogers was not afraid to " double up" a good 

 thing, and in Charity 4th (7480), by The Grove 3d 

 out of Daisy by Sir Thomas, he concentrated still 

 further some of his favorite blood. He was unques- 

 tionably one of the ablest cattle breeders of his time, 

 and the breed on both sides of the Atlantic *was the 

 richer as a result of his long and successful labors. 



The Prices of Court House. So far as we know, 

 Edward and his son John Price, of Court House, 



