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were truly three grand animals to be shown in one 

 class. 



In two-year-olds Mr. Arkwright had an easy win 

 with Conjuror. In the next class Mrs. Edwards' 

 two Wintercott bulls had first and second ; both were 

 sons of Eoyalist (4921). The winner was Presi- 

 dent from the Plum family, a straight lengthy good 

 bull. A son of Horace (1387) called Horace 4th, 

 was third, and Taylor's Trafalgar was reserve. 



Historic Youngsters at Derby. We now near the 

 dawn of the great American demand upon Here- 

 fordshire. Premonitory signs of the approaching 

 invasion of the trans-Atlantic buyers had already 

 been in evidence, as witnessed by Morgan's pur- 

 chases of 1880. During 1881 the pot began to boil, 

 and as we come to the younger classes at the Derby 

 Koyal of that year we run into names that have a 

 very familiar sound in the United States. 



The Derby show was not equal in the number of 

 Herefords to the three preceding shows, but some 

 first-class specimens competed, particularly in the 

 bull calf and heifer classes. Among the aged bulls 

 the veteran Thoughtful had again to put up with 

 second honors, Philip Turner's level even stylish 

 bull Pirate, by Corsair (5271), taking first prize. 

 Thoughtful was beginning to show signs of age and 

 extended feeding. In two-year-olds the 1880 posi- 

 tions were changed; Taylor's Trafalgar, that was 

 only reserve at Carlisle, now took first and the win- 

 ner there, Horace 4th, took second, as at the Bath 

 and West of England at Tunbridge Wells. In year- 



