HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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ture, at as early a period as they conveniently 

 can, and to make the same public in the cheap- 

 est manner." 



The first premium equal to $75 for the best 

 beast in the show and another equal to $50 for 

 the best ox fed on oil-cake, was awarded to Mr. 

 Westcar, on a Hereford. A prize equal to $25 

 was awarded to the Duke of Bedford's Here- 

 ford for the most complete beast under the 

 weight of 48 score (960 Ibs., dressed, or 1,680 

 Ibs. live weight), fed on oil-cake and grain. The 

 Duke also gained $75 for the best beast fattened 

 on grass and hay only. A prize of 10 ($50) was 

 awarded to Mr. John Edmonds, of Welford, 

 for the second best ox fed on grass and hay 

 only", and 5 ($25) to Mr. Ellman, of Glynd, 

 for the best ox fattened on grass and hay only 

 in the shortest time from the yoke. 



The following are sample certificates pre- 

 sented with cattle exhibited. The Duke of Bed- 

 ford's reads: 



"Dec. 12, 1800. 



"This is to certify that my two oxen were 

 purchased of the breeders, lean from the yoke, 

 on the 15th of March, 1800; and the Hereford- 

 shire ox was bred by Samuel Patrick, of Mid- 

 dleton, near Ledbury, and the Shropshire ox 



was bred by Thos. Bishop, of Moor, near Lud- 

 low; both were five years old, and have been 

 fattened with grass and hay only, and have not 

 eaten any hay before the 17th of November 

 last." 



Another reads : 



"This is to certify that the two Sussex shown 

 by me for the prizes given by the Smithfield So- 

 ciety were bred by Mr. John Ellman, of Glynd, 

 Sussex; were eight years old last spring and 

 worked constantly until the last week in May, 

 1799, and have been fed on grass and hay only 

 until the 14th of December, 1799, by Mr. John 

 Ellman; since that time by Henry King, mak- 

 ing together nineteen months from the yoke. 



"Witness our hands this 12th day of Decem- 

 ber, 1800. 



JOHN ELLMAN, 

 HENRY KING." 



At the Christmas market at Smithfield, Dec. 

 21, 1800, Messrs. Hixcock and Farrow made a 

 show of beasts that was never equaled or ex- 

 ceeded in the kingdom. Their largest bullock, 

 a real Herefordshire one, was fed by Mr. Grace, 

 of Buckinghamshire, and on account of his very 

 extraordinary bulk and fatness, was conveyed 

 to London by water. He was seven feet high, 



MR. WM. PRICE ON HIS FAVORITE HORSE AT "THE VERN," ONCE OCCUPIED BY JOHN HEWER. 

 "The surface of the country is undulating in long ridges," 



