XXII 



CORRECTOR 48976 



The name of Sotham is a prominent 

 part of American Hereford history. The 

 first Herefords were brought to America 

 by Henry Clay in 1817, and in 1839 Wil- 

 liam H. Sotham, English by birth, Amer- 

 ican by adoption, began to advocate 

 this breed. For many years Sotham did 

 yeoman work for the Hereford breed 

 as importer, breeder and general pro- 

 moter. In time his mantle very natur- 

 ally fell to his son, T. F. B. Sotham, 

 who has ranked among our greatest 

 breeders up to the present time. At 

 Chillicothe, Mo., on Weavergrace farm, 

 Mr. Sotham during the past ten years 

 has developed a herd of Herefords that 

 has contained many animals of the breed 

 now well known to fame. 



Among the bulls owned at Weaver- 

 grace was Corrector 48976.- He was 

 calved on Jan. 9, 1891, and died Dec. 5, 

 1902, almost 12 years old. The influence 

 of this bull on the Sotham herd and 

 American Hereford interests was so pro- 

 found that it is but fitting that some- 

 thing of his breeding, career and in- 

 fluence should receive the attention of 

 the Hereford student. 



Corrector had for sire Harold 21141, an 

 imported bull that in the late '80s made 

 a creditable show ring record, and that 

 also sired a number of other males and 

 females of merit. On his sire's side 

 Horatius was grandsire and old Horace 

 great-grandsire, while Regulus was the 

 sire of Harold's dam, and he was by Sir 

 Roger._ Coral 13526. the dam of Cor- 

 rector, was a great breeding as well as 

 show cow, she being the dam of Frank- 

 lin, Conqueror, Prince, Royal Wilton, 

 Archibald A., Royal Grove, Jr., and 

 Beaubois. Her eight calves are said to 

 represent a genuine value of $50,000. She 

 had De Cote (3060)- for grandsire on both 

 sides, known as a famous sire and show 

 bull. Coral, like Harold, is descended 

 five generations from Sir Thomas, a 

 royal winner and breeder of the first 

 rank. 



Though shown to some extent, Cor- 

 rector cannot be classed among the 

 great show bulls of the breed. He first 

 appeared as a calf in 1891, when he won 

 second prize in class at the International 



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