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aged bull at Norwich, and an extraordinary good 

 one he was pronounced to be. 



Exeter, Windsor and Walford. In 1850 at Exe- 

 ter Mr. John Monkhouse won first prize in aged 

 bulls with Guy Fawkes (581), bred by himself, and 

 the winner in the yearling class at York. He was a 

 son of Thomas ' Severn, the first prize in the bull 

 calf class at Shrewsbury among eight exhibits. In 

 the cow class Mr. I. N. Carpenter won first with 

 Lucy, sire Viscount (816), bred by Mr. Philip 

 Turner of The Leen, and with a pedigree going 

 back to the Aymestry Court herd. 



At Windsor in 1851 the great bull Walford (871) 

 made his first appearance at a Royal show, gaining 

 first prize. He was a remarkably big level bull, by 

 many considered the best they had ever seen. His 

 first visit to a showyard was at Ludlow in 1850, 

 with four of his offspring, where he won first prize. 

 He was then the property of Richard Roberts of 

 Stanage, who had bought him of his breeder, 

 Thomas Longmore of Walford, when he was about 

 a year old. It was at this Ludlow show that Lord 

 Berwick saw him, and going the next day to Stan- 

 age he bought him for 100. Walford did great 

 service for His Lordship at Cronkhill, being the sire 

 and grandsire of many Royal and other winners. 



The Windsor Royal was the first time Lord Ber- 

 wick exhibited Walford in England. At the Paris In- 

 ternational Exposition of 1855 he won the gold med- 

 al as the best bull of any breed, his son Napoleon 3d 

 (1019) being awarded a medal for superior merit at 



