Thomas the width immediately behind 

 the hips and to midquarter, but did not 

 end off so squarely as Sir Thomas did. 

 As an old bull he was as wide and full 

 and square and level as a model fat 

 heifer." The writer might further add 

 that he was a bull of very short leg and 

 was a high type of a butcher's beast, with 

 the head of a great breeding bull. In the 

 closing days of his life one of the pic- 

 turesque scenes at Shadeland was The 

 Grove 3d, reclining in the lot near the 

 barn, a dignified, veritable old monarch 

 of the highest Hereford type. 



This bull was regarded -as one of the 

 epoch-making Hereford sires. He pro- 

 duced a low-down, blocky, thick-fleshed 

 type most valuable in improving the 

 breed. Among his sons to add luster 

 to his fame were Cassio 13352, Hesiod 

 11975, Hartington 4010, Rudolph 13478, 

 Merlin 17929, Rocket 2d 26793, Hogarth 

 20101, Earl Grove 2d, Earl Grove 4th and 

 Earl Grove 6th, the latter three being 

 used in the Shadeland herd. 



Soon after the death of the bull in 1891 

 Mr. Earl wrote to the Breeder's Gazette: 

 "The daughters left by The Grove 3d 

 at Shadeland sustain the reputation of 

 the old bull as a sire. They are among 

 the cream of the herd. * * * The pre- 

 potency of The Grove 3d is manifest in 

 every herd which has any of that blood. 

 They have the best of quality, are easy 

 keepers and early maturers; have splen- 

 did coats of soft, "heavy hair; have 

 plenty of constitution; are good-tem- 

 pered (aside from an occasional Spartan 

 nervousness); have splendid heads and 

 bones, and very frequently are light in 

 color." 



An excellent picture of The Grove 3d 

 may be seen in "The History of Here- 

 ford Cattle" by Macdonald and Sinclair, 

 and also in the Breeder's Gazette for 

 June 25, 1885. This v fittingly shows his 

 dignity, style and impressiveness. As 

 was well expressed by the editor of the 

 above named journal at the time of his 

 death: "He was one of those strikingly 

 prepotent sires that now and then come 

 upon the scene, one scarcely knows why 

 or how (for breeding is not yet reduced 

 to the point where they can be built to 

 order), and that carve their names and 

 their individuality upon the breed to 

 which they belong in such a manner 

 that for generations they are referred 

 to as beasts that have helped to make 

 bovine history." 



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