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Eoyal winner of 1885 at Preston. Hotspur's dam 

 was by Horace 2d, and his own brother Hero (5964) 

 was imported to America for the account of Mr. 

 William Constable of Beecher, 111. He won great 

 renown in the west as a show bull, gaining high 

 honors on several occasions in competition with 

 bulls of all breeds. Hotspur with his two famous 

 daughters, Venus and Dowager, won a prize at the 

 Bath and West of England Show as a family group 

 against 20 competing entries of different breeds. The 

 Wilton blood was still further introduced at Court 

 House through the use of Monarch (7858), also a 

 Royal winner, one of the best sons of the old bull. 

 Monarch was the result of Mr. Carwardine's mating 

 the cow Bella with Lord Wilton. At ten months he 

 was sold to Mr. Price at what was reputed to be the 

 highest sum ever paid for a Hereford of that age, 

 and eight months later Mr. Price refused 1,000 for 

 him from exporters. 



John Price was not only a great breeder but a 

 successful feeder of Christmas bullocks as well. He 

 was twice winner of the Elkington Challenge Cup 

 at Birmingham Fat Stock Show, and at the time of 

 the author's visit to Court House in the summer of 

 1900, the old veteran had a string of good thick 

 steers in training for exhibition purposes. 



Mr. John Hill's Comment on Horace. It is diffi- 

 cult to exaggerate the value of the impress made 

 upon the English Heref ords by Horace and his most 

 famous son, and we feel warranted therefore in pre- 

 senting the following commentary upon the old bull, 



