126 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Mr. Carwardine in the selection, and there is no 

 doubt he had carefully studied the breeding of Lord 

 Wilton and decided that it should blend successfully 

 with the material he had at Stocktonbury. 



"Although the final brilliant termination to his 

 work was no doubt to be attributed to his purchase 

 of Lord Wilton, still the bulls which had been pre- 

 viously used must not be lost sight of. Longhorns 

 (4711), from Mr. Taylor's herd at Showle Court, did 

 excellent service, many of the cows by him making 

 long prices at the sale. De Cote, from the famous 

 Wintercott herd, was of the greatest value in the 

 herd. The grand cow Verbena by him was a capital 

 breeder, many of her produce going to America ; her 

 daughter Pauline went to Her Majesty the Queen's 

 herd at Windsor and her grandson Chippendale to 

 New Zealand. Delight by Sir Frank, dam by De Cote, 

 was bought at the sale by Mr. George Leigh for ex- 

 portation to America for 150 guineas, and her bull 

 calf by Mr. Turner of The Leen for 185 guineas. De 

 Cote was eventually sold for 64/10s./Od. to the 

 butcher. 



1 i It will be seen, then, that Mr. Carwardine 's herd 

 even before Lord Wilton was used was of the high- 

 est merit, and contained the blood of the most noted 

 herds of the past. Before leaving the subject I must 

 not forget to mention the grand show heifer Helena 

 by De Cote, perhaps one of the best animals ever 

 bred at Stocktonbury. She won all along the line 

 first at the Eoyal as a calf in 1874 and first as a cow 

 in 1877. Then last, but not least, I must mention 

 the noted bull Anxiety (5188), a son of Helena, by 

 Longhorns, first as a calf at the Eoyal in 1877 and 

 first as a bull in 1879 at Kilburn the great Eoyal 

 International Show when he was sold to go to 

 America and his place was taken by Lord Wilton. 



