538 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



achieved a national reputation as the sire of the 

 first-, second- and third-prize grade yearling steers 

 at the Chicago Fat Stock Show, and in his present 

 form, with his lovely yearling daughters by his 

 side, must be a source of the highest pride to his 

 owner as he is - of admiration to the public. He has 

 a head and horn of unusual beauty, full of strong 

 character, and yet as handsome as could be wished. 

 His ribs spring out with a noble arch, showing a 

 back and loin of most extraordinary strength; and 

 on this account, if for no other reason, he is a dan- 

 gerous competitor in any field. The flesh carried 

 by this bull on his top is certainly sufficient to jus- 

 tify at least some of the talk of our Hereford friends 

 about the wealth of meat carried by their cattle in 

 the most valuable parts, for if abundance of choice 

 broiling and roasting beef is any desideratum Sir 

 Bartle Frere is a type of beast that must delight the 

 hand and eye of any man used to handling beeves 

 of fine quality. He carried more flesh than any bull 

 of any breed on exhibition, and carried it all with 

 such smoothness and great show of fine breeding as 

 to stamp him an animal of rare quality. 



"Next to this son of Wilton stood Mr. G. W. 

 Henry's imp. Caractacus (7470), showing rather 

 more white than is deemed desirable in the perfectly 

 marked Hereford, but a bull of great substance and 

 much flesh withal. He is on the short, compact or- 

 der, and if he had some of Eoyal 16th 's great length 

 would have probably pleased Kentucky cattlemen as 

 well as any bull in the ring. He was bred by John 

 W. Smith, Thinghill Court, Hereford, and was got 

 by Eosarian (6139) (son of Marechal Neil 4485), 

 out of Curly 7th 12250 by The Emperor 12257, he 

 by Mercury (3967), the sire of Longhorns (4711), 

 Tredegar (5077), Thoughtful (5063), etc. 



