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CHAPTER XV. 



The Monmouthshire Herds. Caldicot Hall. The Duffryn. 

 Llanrumney Hall. Maindiff Court. The Hendre. Herefordshire 

 Herds. Brynywyn. Clifford Priory. Loicer Eaton. Worcester- 

 shire Herds. Oddingley. Stoney Lane. Bentley Manor. Rosedale. 



Monmouthshire is entered by means of that successful 

 engineering enterprise originally planned by Mr. Charles Richard- 

 son the Severn Tunnel, and Caldicot, within one-and-a-half miles of 

 the Junction is the first horns of the pedigree shorthorn on entering 

 the County in this direction. The Rev. E. T. Williams possessed a 

 small herd previous to the purchase of Iris and. Irene, from Mr. 

 Bulteel, of Pamplete, who had the stock originally from Sarsden 

 Lodge, and this laid the foundation of the present herd of twenty-five 

 head, which comprises only two other families. Subsequently 

 Mr. Williams purchased at one of the Berkeley sales, a heifer, 

 tracing through No. 25 Chilton sale, to Mr. Mason's blood, and 

 winding up with Colonel, while the animals from Mr. Bulteel's had 

 Irishman, Sty ford and Favourite, as an honourable termination to 

 their pedigree, and Mr. Williams has crossed the two families as 

 much as possible, and has purchased in addition, such sires as Baron 

 Oxford 4th 25592, not the celebrated bull of that name, used at 

 Holker, but a son of his half-brother, Baron Oxford 2nd 23376 ; 

 Earl of Horton 8th 33801, a highly bred Kirklevington, from Mr. 

 R. P. Davies'; Young Barrington 42760, of the Florentia tribe, bred 

 by Mr. W. H. Brown ; and Sinbad 48698 a son of Lord Dunmore's 

 Marquis of Worcester 8th 43323 and Ruby Sweetlips from the 

 Bates herd at Sandringham. Mr. Williams has now sixteen females 

 of the two tribes mentioned eight of each and a grand-da ug'iter 

 of the Old Daisy cow, Escape, bought at The Hendre sale, and from 

 time to time he has carefully weeded out such animals as did not 

 suit his fancy, breeding especially for constitution, quality and 

 character. 



