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A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



DISTURBER 139989. 



Beau Donald f Beau Brummel 51817 { 



PERFECTION FAIRFAX 179767. 



f Dale 66481 



Perfection 92891 



I Melley May 41752^ 



I Rosebud 6606 



f Earl of Shadeland 



{ 41st 33378 



( Pet 36054 



PeerlessWilton 12774 

 Blossom 12866 



Hoosier Tom 7732. . / ****?-** 458 



Columbus 51875. 

 Rose Blossom 39225 



f Fairfax 84159 



Imp. Berna 138482. 



( Salisbury 84174. 

 ( Decima 84153 . . . 



I Belle 138483 i 



Leander 83622.. 



Lavender 11 1575. 



( Isabel 4577 



( President 2058 



I Carabassett Rose 2120 



f Sir Edward 79298 



\ Promise 3d 84164 



f Hogarth 20101 



\ Nellie 84163 



f Renown 18902 



< Lady Horace Wilton 



( 83619 



T Painter Boy 83315 



(Alpha 111576 



About Beau Donald. The history of cattle- 

 breeding abounds in surprising- developments in 

 connection with the careers of various celebrities. A 

 number of these tales have already been related, but 

 none is of deeper interest than the story of old Beau 

 Donald 's early history and subsequent extraordinary 

 success as a sire. Some details are therefore sub- 

 mitted. 



Mr. Charles Gudgell says: 



"Beau Donald had no nurse cow nor special fit- 

 ting as a calf, but was treated in exactly the same 

 way as our other calves at the time. As a calf he 

 was remarked for his generally sappy appearance 

 and make-up, and was naturally thick-fleshed with- 



