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three-year-old and aged bull, and was sold at The 

 Grove sale to Mr. W. Smith of Buchton Park, a 

 neighbor of Thomas Longmore. He was a son of 

 Jeffries' Hope (439), a half brother to Cotmore. 

 The winning cow, Lady Grove, was by Charity 

 (375); her dam was by Chance (348), the sire of 

 Sir David. 



The next meeting, that of 1844, was held at South- 

 ampton. The winner, Derby (209), was bred and 

 exhibited by another old Hereford breeder, W. 

 Perry of Monkland. The sire was Lion (335). The 

 dam was Foxley, by Paunceford (589), the gran- 

 dam, the Foxley Cow, by Phoenix, bred by the 

 Misses Tomkins ; the two sold for 850 guineas. The 

 cow class at this show was headed by Woodlass, 

 shown at eight years old. She was bred by John 

 Price of Poole House, Worcestershire, and was 

 sired by 'Young Woodman, a son of the famous cow 

 Toby Pigeon, that at nineteen years old had 

 dropped nineteen calves. She was out of a cow 

 by Triumph 8th, a grandson of Toby Pigeon. 



Shrewsbury and Newcastle. The Eoyal show 

 of 1845 was held at Shrewsbury, in a Hereford 

 breeding district and not very far from the Here- 

 ford country proper, so that there was a good muster 

 of the breed. Mr. Thomas Sherriff of Coxall, whose 

 farm lay just on the lower boundary of Shropshire, 

 won the first prize with Emperor (221), bred and 

 exhibited by himself. This was a large class, thir- 

 teen bulls being shown. Emperor was a big bull 

 well marked and of good color. Mr. Sherriff kept 



