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sire falling away behind. In two-year-old heifers 

 Mrs. Edwards was first with Mabel, a winner of 

 1875, a heifer of nice character, style and quality. 

 In the next class Mrs. Edwards had two splendid 

 yearling heifers both, like the previous winner, 

 daughters of Winter De Cote. These were Beatrice 

 and Leonora, both of whose dams were by Tomboy. 

 The judges gave first to Beatrice, but the other was 

 the general favorite. They were two grand heifers, 

 Leonora subsequently growing into one of the sen- 

 sational show cows of her time. 



Anxiety Appears at Liverpool. There was a 

 great show of Herefords both in number and qual- 

 ity at the Liverpool Eoyal of 1877. In the aged 

 bulls Tredegar came out again in grand form. He 

 looked well at Birmingham, but was still better at 

 Liverpool, being now exceptionally wide and square, 

 with his brisket almost touching the ground. He 

 was called "a fine type of a first-class Hereford 

 show bull." Horace 2d was his only opponent. He 

 had been a first prize winner at Birmingham, but 

 was now fairly beaten. The winner in three-year- 

 olds here was another of Mr. Taylor's sons of Mer- 

 cury (the sire of Tredegar), Thoughtful, the bull 

 that had occupied the same position in his class the 

 year before and had again defeated the Wintercott 

 bull, Sir Edward. In the next class, that of two- 

 year-old bulls, the Bath and West of England judg- 

 ing was completely altered; the winner there was 

 not mentioned at Liverpool, and Victor, a son of 

 Winter De Cote, was given first prize. He had only 



