Sovereign (404), so that Sir David rightly 

 comes by his superior excellence as an 

 individual and a breeder. As bearing 

 on his pedigree, Macdonald and Sinclair 

 in their "History of Hereford Cattle" 

 say: "Lord Berwick's sale catalogue of 

 Sept. 23, 1858, extends his pedigree, stat- 

 ing, in notes to lots 34 and 102, that he 

 was the son of Duchess, and this is cor- 

 roborated in a note to lot 1 in the Cronk- 

 hill sale catalogue of Sept. 17, 1861, when 

 the herd was dispersed after Lord Ber- 

 wick's death. If this extension is cor- 

 rect the pedigree of Sir David should 

 stand thus: Sire, Chance (348); dam, 

 Duchess by Chance; grandam, Old 

 Duchess by White Nob (345): great- 

 grandam by Young Wellington (505)." 



The real significance of the impor- 

 tance of Sir David, in Hereford history 

 is to be seen in the character of his 

 offspring and his descendants. One of 

 his most prepotent sons was Sir Ben- 

 jamin (1387), an animal that became 

 famous in the show ring as well as a 

 breeder. Sir Benjamin was sire of Sir 

 Richard, a bull that was second at the 

 Royal show in 1858 at Chester and first 

 at the Leed's Royal in 1861. He also 

 was a prize winner at Hereford, Lud- 

 low and Leominster. Sir Benjamin was 

 an illustration of the value of crossing 

 blood lines that would nick well to- 

 g^ther, for he was the result of a union 

 of Sir David with Mr. Rogers' Pretty- 

 maid family. Sir David was 11 years of 

 age when Sir Benjamin was calved. 



An important granddaughter of Sir 

 David sired by Sir Benjamin was Queen 

 of Lilies (1387). She won the first prize 

 at the Royal show at Manchester in 1869, 

 and she was also a winner at the Bath 

 and West of England show at South- 

 ampton. She was bought by the Earl 

 of Southesk and was later purchased by 

 Philip Turner of the Leen, in whose 

 hands she became a great breeding cow. 



Pembridge (721) *was another famous 

 son of this bull, and he is described as 

 being "a larger and grander bull than 

 Sir Benjamin; of great constitution and 

 very level all over; in color very dark, 

 with a beautifully soft and abundant 

 coat of long, wavy hair and little white." 

 He was winning calf at the Royal show 

 at Norwich in 1849, and was first in 

 class at the Royal in 1852 at Leeds, while 

 he was a winner at both Ludlow and 

 Hereford. Referring to Pembridge, Wil- 

 liam Housman says that he also in- 

 herited Sir David's marvelous impressive 

 power. 



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