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It is an interesting coincidence that 

 some of the most famous of Hereford 

 cattle bred in England were favored with 

 titled names. Sovereign, Sir David and 

 now Lord Wilton (4740) 4057, were all of 

 the highest character in their generation. 

 The latter individual, however, was the 

 sensational bull of his day, and in all 

 that goes to make a great bull he perhaps 

 may be regarded as the greatest Here- 

 ford sire in history. His story runs after 

 this manner: 



Lord Wilton was bred by William 

 Tudge of Adforton, England, and was 

 calved Aug. 30, 1873. His sire was Sir 

 Roger (4133) 3850, and his dam was Lady 

 Claire by Marmion (3242) 4117. On the 

 side of the sire Lord Wilton traces back 

 to Sir David through Sir Roger, Sir 

 Thomas and Sir Benjamin. On the dam's 

 side, second dam Lady Adforton, by Pilot 

 (2156), third dam Lady Ashford, by Car- 

 bonel (1525), fourth dam Lady, by Orle- 

 ton (901), fifth dam Lady, by Nelson 

 (1021), sixth dam Lady, by Turpin (300), 

 seventh dam Lady, by Tully bull. On 

 both sire and dam side Sir David is no 

 unimportant factor in Lord Wilton's ped- 

 igree. 



In Mr. Tudge's hands Lord Wilton as 

 a calf won first in class in 1874 at the 

 shows at Leominster and Ludlow, though 

 his half brother, Regulator (4898), won 

 over him at the Royal show at Bedford, 

 and at the Bath and West of England at 

 Bristol, and the Hereford Agricultural at 

 Hereford in 1874. In 1875, as a yearling, 

 with Regulator out of the contest, Lord 

 Wilton won first place in class at the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England 

 show at Taunton, at the Bath and West 

 of England show at Croydon, and the 

 Hereford Agricultural society show at 

 Hereford. He had, however, been pur- 

 chased at the Croydon show by Lewis 

 Lloyd of Monk's Orchard, Surrey, and 

 from Hereford he went to his new home. 

 Here he sired some superior stock, and 

 especially steers, that were shown at 

 Smithfield, but the herd was not in the 

 Hereford district, and little attention was 

 directed to him. In 1879 Mr. Lloyd ex- 

 hibited Lord Wilton at the Kilburn In- 



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