106 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



prepared at the author's request by the veteran 

 English breeder, Mr. John Hill, whose fund of 

 knowledge concerning the cattle of their day is un- 

 excelled : 



"Horace was calved May 1, 1867; sire Frugal- 

 ity (1997), dam Lady by Shamrock 2d (2210); 

 grandam Young Lady by Cholstrey (1918) ; great- 

 grandam Lady by Young Quicksilver. Shamrock 2d 

 was purchased as a yearling by Henry Gibbons of 

 Hampton Bishop as a bull possessing all the points 

 he wanted in a sire for his own herd. He was bred 

 by E. Price of The Court House (the father of John 

 Price, so closely associated with Horace blood in 

 later years), and had two such noted bulls in his 

 pedigree as Pembridge (721) and his sire Sir David 

 (349), both Eoyal winners, the latter being one of 

 the greatest of all Hereford sires. It is said, and 

 I believe on the best authority and by one who knew 

 Shamrock 2d well, that he was not by any means a 

 typical sire in appearance and 'was unquestionably 

 an in-and-in bred bull in general appearance/ but 

 that he had an ' excellent underline and was good 

 through the heart, full and deep in both fore and 

 hind flank,' and that 'no bull perhaps had neater or 

 truer hindquarters. His coat was very dark, but 

 soft as silk and an abundance of it.' 



"There was a strong infusion of Pembridge blood 

 in Shamrock 2d, which appears to have had great in- 

 fluence on his grandson Horace and passed on so 

 successfully to his produce. Pembridge 'had droop- 

 ing horns, slightly tipped with black, and very prom- 

 inent eyes.' I mention these particulars because it 

 is interesting to follow the character of this bull's 

 descendants which inherited all the concentrated 

 prepotent force of this well bred sire, and by which 



