144 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



William had been something of a factor in his 

 father's showyard successes before beginning 

 breeding on his own account. At the Manchester 

 Boyal of 1869 he took out five Adforton animals, 

 including the great heifer Silver Star, bringing 

 home four first prizes and one second, whereupon 

 Mr. Philip Turner of The Leen wrote the young 

 man a letter complimenting him upon having 

 "achieved an unparalleled success. " The prize- 

 winners were paraded upon that occasion before 

 the Prince and Princess of Wales, the latter now 

 Queen Alexandra. The Princess seemed so pleased 

 with Silver Star that she asked the proud young 

 man to halt while she " patted " and admired tlie 

 beautiful heifer. This little incident so pleased 

 the veteran breeder of Lord Wilton, that when 

 his son came out of the ring he said, "It was 

 your doing that Silver Star was put in the show, 

 for as you know I had chosen another heifer. On 

 this account I will make you a present of her dam, 

 in order that you may breed another like her." In 

 such fashion many of the successful English breed- 

 ers interested and encouraged their sons to follow 

 in their own footsteps. 



Mr. Tudge, the younger, began breeding on his 

 own account at Coston Hall in 1869, subsequently re- 

 moving to and achieving his great success at Lein- 

 thall. He commenced with cows of Adforton origin, 

 and at his father's sale of September, 1877, bought 

 sixteen good cows and heifers, including Bosc- 

 leaf, a daughter of the Eoyal winner Eosebud ? 



