"The sale at Stocktonbury brought to- 

 gether a very large company, and specu- 

 lation ran high as to what the animals 

 would realize. Prices exceeded even 

 what was expected, and when the great 

 bull came into the ring the excitement 

 was intense. The two last bidders were 

 Sir James Rankin, M. P., and Mr. 

 Vaughan. When the sum of 3,000 guineas 

 was reached there was a pause. Sir 

 James unfortunately had to leave before 

 the bull was offered, or the result would 

 probably have been different. He left 

 his bailiff, Mr. Shaw, with instructions 

 to secure Lord Wilton, and, sitting close 

 to Mr. Shaw and just above where Mr. 

 Vaughan was standing, I heard the 

 former bid 3,700 guineas; then the latter 

 capped it with an offer of 3,800 ($19,000). 

 Mr. Shaw, in the absence of his em- 

 ployer, prudently retired from the con- 

 test and the hammer fell. A most re- 

 grettable incident afterward occurred, 

 the purchaser failing to find the amount 

 due. It ended in a further auction the 

 following spring, and Lord Wilton be- 

 came the joint property of Messrs. Wil- 

 liam Tudge of Leinthall and Thomas 

 Fenn of Downton, at 1,000 guineas 

 ($5,000)." 



The success of Lord Wilton's offspring 

 in the show ring first attracted attention 

 in 1881, when the bulls Sir Bartle Prere 

 (6682) 6419 and Romeo and the heifers 

 Venus and Henrietta were first in their 

 classes at the Royal Agricultural society 

 of England show at Derby. Mr. Carwar- 

 dine brought his herd prominently before 

 the public at the important shows, "and 

 its constant successes became the chief 

 subject of conversation in the Hereford 

 world, both at home and abroad." 



Many of Lord Wilton's sons and 

 daughters have attained fame in both 

 show ring and the breeding herd. Sir 

 Bartle Frere was purchased by Adams 

 Earl for his famous Shadeland herd at 

 Lafayette, Ind., he paying $3,000 for him. 

 He won the most distinguished honors 

 in the leading English and American 

 shows, as well as siring many, great 

 sons and daughters, both for Mr. Carwar- 

 dine and Mr. Earl. He died in service 

 at Shadeland in his seventeenth year, a 

 great son of a great sire. Sir Bartle 

 Frere, Monarch, Hotspur and Grove 

 Wilton 3d all sons of Lord Wilton- 

 were all first-prize winners at the Royal 

 show in England, as were also his daugh- 

 ters Venus, Henrietta and Dorothea. 



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