234 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



Archibald "A Clever Cross." In the senior 

 bull class Aaron Rogers' massive Archibald with 

 his extraordinary development of forehand was 

 sent to the top over his old antagonist Fisherman. 

 Archibald had more width even than his grandsire 

 Grateful, but he did not exceed him in the depth of 

 his brisket. In both cases they almost touched the 

 ground. Archibald's sire, Dolley, and his dam, Miss 

 Chance, were not really good animals themselves, 

 but they mated well. There were Grateful as the 

 sire of the dam, and Stanway as sire of the gran- 

 dam, both grand show animals, and on Dolley 's side 

 were the grandam Lady Blanche and Von Moltke 

 with their wide deep forehands to blend with 

 Gratef ul's and Stanway 's straight tops and good 

 hindquarters; between them all they made a great 

 show bull of Archibald. 



William Tudge, late of Leinthall, tells of visiting 

 Mr. Rogers' farm with a view towards buying 

 Archibald, but upon seeing his sire and dam he 

 decided not to make an offer, remarking that one of 

 his progenitors "had an exceptionally good point 

 where the other was deficient; a clever cross, I 

 thought it." This bull, as mentioned elsewhere, was 

 afterwards brought to America by J. O. Curry and 

 sold to C. K. Parmelee for $6,000. Fisherman, the 

 'Earl of Coventry's bull, had scale and gave the im- 

 pression of being more masculine, his great size 

 and immense substance showing a strong constitu- 

 tion. He was a favorite with many for the prize, 

 but Archibald was a thorough showyard bull. In 



