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last week to an ex-master of the Ludlow foxhounds 

 who said that he had given 10 shillings for him. It 

 was a sporting ending for this mighty bull that he 

 should be made use of, after death, to feed a crack 

 pack of hounds." 



The cow herd at Stocktonbury at the time of Lord 

 Wilton's purchase had become homogeneous in 

 blood. Longhorns, De Cote, Rodney and Heart of 

 Oak appeared among the top crosses in nearly every 

 pedigree. A "nick" with one cow under such cir- 

 cumstances was apt to mean a successful cross with 

 all. Lord Wilton had, therefore, a capital founda- 

 tion to work upon. When his seal at length was 

 firmly set the most famous Hereford herd of mod- 

 ern times had been created. Like Horace and The 

 Grove 3d he transmitted his individual peculiarities 

 with extraordinary certainty, his special "trade- 

 mark" being neat, drooping, incurving horns, and a 

 refinement which up to that time had not been char- 

 acteristic of the typical Hereford. 



Mr. William Housman, who for so many years 

 wrote so entertainingly on Shorthorn and Hereford 

 cattle for "Bell's Messenger" of London once de- 

 scribed Lord Wilton in the following language : 



"Lord Wilton does not fill the eye as an abso- 

 lutely big bull, but he has ample proportionate 

 length, and like the Adforton bulls in general, a 

 robust character, the bone not too heavy but made 

 to bear a great weight of beef, and he furnishes 

 heavily in the fore-flank and other flesh points. His 

 head has plenty of width across the upper part, not 



