510 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Some of Mr. Carwardine's most valuable breed- 

 ing cows were brought over by Mr. Leigh. A num- 

 ber of these rare old matrons went into J. 0. Cur- 

 ry 's hands, and some of the best of them were after- 

 wards bought by Thomas F. B. Sotham, son of Wil- 

 liam H. Sotham, who was then laying the founda- 

 tions of the Weavergrace herd at Chillicothe, Mo. 

 Among these great English producing dams 

 brought over by Mr. Leigh were such famous cows 

 as the following: Delight, the dam of Peerless, Au- 

 rora Wilton and Delight 2d ; Bertha, the dam of the 

 valuable Beau Eeal bull Kansas Lad; Gwenny, 

 champion over all breeds at Minneapolis in 1886; 

 Gay Lass 9905, the dam of Anxiety 4th ; and Stock- 

 tonbury's favorite breeding matron Coral, the dam 

 of the $5,000 bull Franklin, which was exported to 

 Argentina, and also the dam of Conqueror, bought 

 for the Ontario Agricultural Experiment Station 

 for $2,500, and of Corrector, a bull that Mr. Sotham 

 made famous in the west. Judy Wilton by Lord 

 Wilton and Euffie 3d by Chancellor, he a Eoyal win- 

 ner by Horace, also came out in 1883. 



In 1883 Mr. Leigh brought out the dam of Eu- 

 dolph and an own sister to that famous show bull; 

 also the good bull Pirate 7161, by Corsair of Tur- 

 ner's breeding, that had won numerous prizes in 

 England in 1880 and 1881. He was sold to Mr. 

 Curry. 



Archibald. Mr. Leigh was a keen buyer of 

 tops at this time, and in 1884 brought out at a re- 

 ported purchase price of 1,000 guineas the show bull 



