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neck, round-barreled, yellow-skinned and mellow- 

 fleshed. "Bartle" never left Shadeland except at 

 show time, but Romeo went up on "Turkey Foot," 

 as the Earl Park place was locally termed, and left 

 a progeny invariably furnished with mellow hides 

 and the best of hair. One of his sons, Equity 2d 

 12547, out of imp. Pansy 9th by Regulus, was sold 

 at eleven months to go to Missouri at $1,000. Sir 

 Bartle Frere was shown repeatedly and success- 

 fully, and was used steadily as a stock bull until 

 his death. He was specially noted as a heifer-get- 

 ter, his daughters, including all of the long line 

 designated as Lady Wiltons, maturing into beauti- 

 ful cows which were quite the pride of the breeding 

 herd in its palmy days. Of these Lady Wilton 26th 

 and Lady Wilton 27th were perhaps the best. 



Prince Edward and Royal 16th. In addition to 

 these two noted bulls there came Prince Edward 

 7001, also a yearling and also by Lord Wilton, and 

 out of Lilac by DeCote, hence an own brother in 

 blood to Romeo. He was first shown at Lafayette in 

 his yearling form, defeating Anxiety 4th and Anxi- 

 ety 5th, and he later stood at the head of the first 

 prize young herd at Chicago in 1882. He after- 

 wards acquired a wide reputation in the hands of 

 George W. Henry, a Chicago lumber merchant who 

 maintained for some years a large herd at Rossland 

 Park, Ashkum, 111. Mr. Henry paid Mr. Earl $1,500 

 for this bull. 



While at Green's (of Mario w) Mr. Clark found a 

 bull nearly two years old put aside for special feed- 



