504 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Duchess 2d by Spartan. Ten Lord Wilton heifers 

 were also secured from Mr. Carwardine. Others 

 were by The Grove 3d, Eegulus, Mr. Hill's Merry 

 Monarch, Pirate, Osman Pasha, Old Court and Bred- 

 wardine. 



Will Hutcheon and Cassio. William Hutch- 

 eon, afterwards with William S. VanNatta and later 

 in partnership with John Steward in breeding 

 Heref ords in Missouri, was at Hillhurst at this time 

 and fitted Cassio and a number of his daughters for 

 exhibition at leading Canadian shows. For several 

 seasons they were features of the great Dominion 

 cattle competitions. In fact, Cassio was for some 

 years one of the real stars of the breed in North 

 America, emphasizing in his showyard career and as 

 a stock-getter the early-ripening quality of The 

 Grove 3d blood. He has been referred to as "the 

 best bull of any beef breed ever shown at Toronto." 

 That of course is drawing rather a long bow, for 

 the Industrial Exposition has staged many grand ex- 

 hibitions where great show bulls have been much in 

 evidence. However, viewed in the light of Cassio 's 

 get in Senator Cochrane's herd, it must be recorded 

 that he was one of the most valuable bulls of his 

 period on this side of the water. 



In 1891 Mr. Francis Green, writing of Cassio in 

 the "Canadian Live Stock Journal" after a visit to 

 Hillhurst, said : 



"In the next box was the celebrated Cassio 

 (5849), too well known to need any description. It 

 will suffice to say that he has lost none of his won- 



