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latter purchases constituted the foundation of the 

 herd which afterwards attained prominence in the 

 trade in the States as the property of Seabury & 

 Sample, and it was the excellence of the steers de- 

 rived from this stock that first attracted the atten- 

 tion of the late Mr. Adams Earl to the Herefords. 



Guelph and Sir Charles. From Lord Bateman, 

 Mr. Stone obtained the bull Patriot 26, sired by Car- 

 lisle 51. He also secured from the same source a 

 daughter of Carlisle named Hebe. It is of interest 

 to note in this connection that the mating of this 

 half-brother and sister resulted in the production 

 at Moreton Lodge of the good stock bull Guelph 

 2023, that sired, among other noted animals, the 

 famous show bull Sir Charles 543, sold to Mr. T. L. 

 Miller, of Beecher, 111., for $1,000 in gold in 1872. 

 It was with this bull that Mr. Miller made his first 

 energetic effort to attract the attention of cornbelt 

 farmers to the Hereford breed at leading western 

 shows. Guelph also sired the bull Goldendrop 457, 

 that was bought by W. W. Aldrich, of Elyria, 0., 

 for use upon cattle derived from the Humphries-As- 

 ton importation into that state. Another son of 

 Guelph, Commander-in-Chief 959, was used in the 

 herd, siring among other animals sold to the States 

 the bull Dalesman 1259, bought for service in the 

 herd of Mr. Seabury. Still another Guelph bull that 

 came to the States was Velvet Jacket 675, purchased 

 by W. W. Crapo, of Flint, Mich., who was one of 

 the earliest breeders of Hereford cattle in that state 

 and who obtained a number of breeding cows and 



