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not been held in tip-top form and received only a 

 commendation at the hands of the judges. It was 

 here that Mr. Carwardine secured him, giving a bull 

 calf in exchange and receiving 5 besides. He was 

 exhibited afterwards by his new owner at Lord 

 Tredegar's show at Newport in 1881, where he won 

 first and championship against all breeds and ages 

 and repeated at the same show the following year. 



So great has been the influence of Lord Wilton up- 

 on the fortunes of the -breed on both sides the At- 

 lantic that we feel warranted in reproducing the fol- 

 lowing interesting commentary prepared for "The 

 Breeder's Gazette " by Mr. John Hill, and published 

 in the Holiday Issue of that journal for 1900. We 

 quote : 



"The first of his produce which created some no- 

 tice were at the Royal at Derby in 1881, when two 

 bulls and two heifers were winners in their classes; 

 these were Sir Bartle Frere and Romeo, Henrietta 

 and Venus.* The remarkable uniformity of all his 

 produce, especially with regard to their heads and 

 eyes and general character, drew much attention to 

 his merits as a sire, and as his stock continued to be 

 pushed forward at all the leading shows, Mr. Car- 

 wardine 's herd and its constant successes became the 

 chief subject of conversation in the Hereford world, 

 both at home and abroad. The purchase of such a 

 bull at a time when he was almost unknown is one 

 of those fortunate occurrences which is almost be- 

 yond the power of any man to have foreseen. At 

 the same time the greatest credit must be given to 



*This famous quartette was bought by Thos. Clark for Messrs. 

 Earl & Stuart of Lafayette, Ind., and formed part of their im- 

 portation of 1&82. 



