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HISTORY OF HEKEFOKD CATTLE 



Mr. Jeffries, Grove; best aged bull, Mr. Parry 

 of Birley, near Stretford. (Yarworth's bull 

 disqualified, having taken the prize last year.) 

 June meeting. No stock shown. No account 

 of other shows this year. 



1817. Candlemas. The meeting only noticed 

 in general news. Yarworth, Wainwright, and 

 Wood of Burghill, successful competitors. June 

 meeting at Leominster. Best yearling heifer, 

 Mr. Jeffries, Grove; best two-year-old heifer, 

 Mr. Tench, Bromfield; best two-year-old bull, 

 Mr. Smith, Gattertop; best three-year-old bul- 

 lock, Mr. Jeffries, Grove. October meeting. 

 Short notice. Mr. Walker of Burton and Mr. 

 Eckley of Tillington, got premiums, but it does 

 not state for what. 



1818. Candlemas. Best aged bull, Mr. 

 Smith, Gattertop; best yearling bull, Mr. 

 Cooke, Wintercott. Leominster meeting. Best 

 three-year-old bull, T. Jeffries, Grove ; best 

 yearling and two-year-old heifers, Mr. Walker 



of Burton. October meeting. Best yearling 

 heifers, Mr. Smythies, Lynch ; best two-year-old 

 heifer, Mr. Welles, Earl's Croome. 



1819. Candlemas. Best aged bull, Mr. 

 Dawes, The Rodd ; best yearling bull, Mr. Yeo- 

 mans, Howton. Leominster meeting. Best pair 

 working oxen, Mr. Walker, Wesington; best 

 yearling heifer, Mr. Jeffries, Grove ; best year- 

 ling bull (ff 74 C) Mr. Preece, Comberton ; best 

 three-year-old bull, Mr. Cooke, Wintercott. Oc- 

 tober meeting. Best yearling heifer, Col. Mat- 

 thews; best two-year-old heifer, Mr. Smythies, 

 Lynch. 



These records, uninteresting in themselves, 

 give an insight into the exhibits and exhibitors 

 of Herefords in a past century and show a 

 classification not equalled at the time by any 

 other county show, and proving again the thor- 

 ough establishment of the Hereford breed at 

 that early day (fl 74 D). 



CHAMPION HEREFORD OX, SMITHFIELD, 1846. 

 (Bred by Mr. Thomas, of Cholstrey, Herefordshire; exhibited by the Earl of Warwick.) 



