HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Tully, Huntington, near Hereford; his weight 

 was 247 stone (3,458 Ibs.), and he bore the dis- 

 tinctive marks of the red with white face, with 

 the exception of the white stripe which now ex- 

 tends along the back, and just over the shoul- 

 ders, being shown in the picture as far as the 

 hip bones, and it also differed from the modern 

 markings by the lower part of the legs being 

 red instead of white. We may add that the 

 drawing in Garrard's book removes any doubt 

 as to the identity of this animal, which was un- 

 questionably bred by Mr. Tully. 



At the show in 1799 it is also stated that Mr. 

 Grace, of Buckinghamshire, exhibited a Here- 

 ford ox 7 ft. high, which weighed upwards of 

 260 stone (3,640 Ibs.) and measured in girth 

 12 ft. 4 ins. Among the other winners at this 

 inaugural show of the Smithfield Club were 

 the Duke of Bedford and Mr. John Ellman, 

 both of whom were breeders of Herefords; the 

 latter had the prize for the best ox fattened with 

 grass and hay only, in the shortest time from 

 the yoke. 



It is thus apparent that the Herefords con- 

 stituted a very important feature of the inaugu- 

 ral show of the Smithfield Club. 



Among other curious details mentioned by Sir 

 Brandreth T. Gibbs, in connection with the 

 meeting in 1812, were the following: "A Here- 

 ford with a red ring round the eye," and a 

 "smooth-coated Hereford." Mr.- Duckham 

 points out that these apparently trivial cir- 

 cumstances go far to prove that at that time it 

 was expected that Herefords should have white 

 faces and rough coats. 



From the establishment of the Smithfield 

 Club to the year 1851 all the different breeds 

 and cross-breeds of cattle were exhibited at its 

 show in competition with each other, except 

 during the period from 1807 to 1815, when 

 there was a classification of breeds, separate 

 classes being assigned for Herefords, Long- 

 horns, Shorthorns, Sussex, or Kent, Devons, 

 and mixed breeds. Some of the records of the 

 early shows are incomplete, but Sir Brandreth 

 T. Gibbs states that during the time the breeds 

 competed together that is, before the new 

 classification in 1852 the general prizes were 

 thus distributed: 



The Hereford oxen won 185 prizes. . .$13,700 

 The Hereford cows won 22 prizes 1.155 



The Shorthorn oxen won 82 prizes. . 

 The Shorthorn cows won 92 prizes. . 



$14,945 



. .$ 6,995 

 . . 5,665 



$12,660 



The result, says Sir Brandreth T. Gibbs, 

 shows that the number and amount of general 

 money prizes was vastly in favor of the Here- 

 fords, their principal winnings being in the 

 oxen and steer classes. The Shorthorns owed 

 the fact of their approaching the Herefords in 

 total amount of winnings to the success of the 

 Shorthorn cows. 



The Agricultural Society of Hereford, we 

 are glad to say, under the name of the Here- 

 fordshire Agricultural Society, conducted with 



LADY GROVE, CALVED 1838, AND CALF, FOIG-A-BALLAGH, BRED BY T. JEFFRIES. 



