100 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Pembridge, were not related to John of Ryall, the 

 great disciple of Ben Tomkins. 



Edward Price's herd was anchored largely in 

 Hewer, Yarmouth and Jeffries blood. He had the 

 good judgment to acquire Sir David (349), and the 

 famous bull, as already mentioned, made a grand 

 impress. Another Eoyal prize bull used was Con- 

 ingsby (718), and his get were also good. Then 

 came Sir David's son Pembridge (721), that was 

 first at the Royal in 1852. Magnet (823) of Mr. 

 Yeld's breeding was also used and shown with suc- 

 cess. In fact, Edward Price was a constant exhibi- 

 tor at the national shows for some years, and car- 

 ried back to Court House trophies galore in testi- 

 mony of the excellence of his cattle. 



John Price earned his title to fame as the discov- 

 erer and rescuer from the butcher of the bull Horace 

 (3877), one of the latter-day breed-makers. Mr. 

 Price had gone out to Australia for a time, but re- 

 turning to the old home on the banks of the Arrow, 

 he picked up as much of the old Court House blood 

 as could be secured and began breeding. We quote 

 from Macdonald and Sinclair as to his reason for 

 selecting Horace as a sire : 



"He considered that breeders at home, while they 

 had unquestionably improved the form and style of 

 the Heref ords, had done so somewhat at the expense 

 of the thick mellow skin and beautiful hair which he 

 had been taught to regard as essential features of 

 the breed. The animal in which he believed he per- 

 ceived the means of strengthening these important 

 points was Horace (3877), calved in 1867, bred by 



