218 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



into a wonderfully good one and well carried the 

 palm. They were both bred alike, their sire being 

 Winter De Cote and both their dams being daugh- 

 ters of Sir Thomas ' son, Tomboy. Their sire, Win- 

 ter De Cote, was a son of Leominster 3d, first prize 

 yearling bull at Manchester, he by another Tomboy 

 (bred by Mr. Monkhouse), also a son of Sir Thomas, 

 Leominster 3d's dam being Primrose, by Adforton 

 (1839). He also was a grandson of Sir David. 

 Thomas Edwards of Wintercott was a wonderfully 

 good judge of mating, and certainly worked out an 

 extraordinary herd foundation at Wintercott. In 

 heifer calves Hampton Court furnished two good 

 ones, in a daughter of Ivington Boy, Gaylass 4th, 

 the first prize heifer, and Abigail 2d, the third prize 

 one. A heifer from Showle Court, Empress, by 

 Tredegar, was placed between. 



The Heref ord Herd Book Society here gave a new 

 prize for the best cow with two of her offspring. 

 In good competition W. Thomas with his old first 

 prize winner Rosaline, with progeny by Horace 2d, 

 the bull calf Goldfinder and heifer calf Rosaline 2d, 

 won first. Cherry, by De Cote, from Stocktonbury, 

 with two smart heifers took second. 



The Kilburn International Afloat. In 1879 came 

 the Royal Agricultural Society's International 

 meeting at Kilburn and "the deluge." Visitors 

 there had good cause to remember it, particularly 

 the lady visitors, for if they stepped the least bit 

 off the plank into the mud, which was from four 

 inches to four feet deep, a boot was left in it. 



