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what amusing occurrence took place in connection 

 with the awarding of the third prize to his Coxall 

 Beauty. She was a good heifer, but a little inclined 

 to droop in the back, and Eogers had no doubt told 

 his herdsman who led her in to keep her head well 

 down when standing, so as not to show the fault. 

 The man was very tall, quite six feet, and very thin. 

 The heifer being comparatively small he had to 

 stoop a great deal to keep her head down, which 

 was very conspicuous, much to Eogers ' annoyance. 

 But the more he gesticulated the lower the man held 

 her head, until one of the judges finally said loud 

 enough for all to hear, "We can quite see what is 

 the matter, my man, but you deserve the prize for 

 the heifer," and she had it. 



Stanway, Silver Star and the Australians. 

 In 1870 the Eoyal returned to its birthplace, Ox- 

 ford, where indeed, the Herefords were a splendid 

 lot and greatly .admired. In the aged bull class 

 Stanway (2790) won first prize. He was the prop- 

 erty of Sir Joseph Bailey, but was bred at Adforton 

 and had here a very easy win, for he was a grand 

 animal girthing 9 feet 4 inches, just 5 inches bigger 

 through the heart than Bolivar, the champion Short- 

 horn. Although Stanway had great scale he pos- 

 sessed first-class quality, and was remarkably level 

 in his lines. It was unanimously allowed that he 

 was the best male animal of all breeds in the yard. 

 He was a son of Pilot (2156), by The Grove (1764), 

 from the same dam as Brandon. Second to him was 

 Prince Leopold from the Eoyal herd. This was the 



