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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



CHAPTER XXX. 



HEREFORD ITEMS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES CONCLUDED 



HEREFORD COW LEONORA. 



Taken from the "Breeders' Journal/' 1880: 

 The Hereford cow Leonora, belonging to Mrs. 

 S. Edwards, (fl 223A) of Hereford, England, 

 was injured on her return from the Smithfield 

 Show, so that it became necessary to kill her. 

 We are not aware of the reasons that induced 

 Mrs. Edwards to fit and show this cow, and 

 several others that she has fitted and shown in 

 the last five years. Of one thing it is quite 

 certain, that she has given herself a large repu- 

 tation in the cattle world, but three or four 

 more good cows have been lost to her herd. 



This has been the practice of the Shorthorn 

 breeders in England and America, of fitting 

 their best heifers for the show ring, and keep- 

 ing them there as long as they could walk. A 

 few years since, one such was kept in the show 

 ring so long she could not walk having a 

 carriage built in which she could ride from 

 the cars to the show ground and such an 

 animal was exhibited as a breeding cow, and 

 for breeding purposes, and awarded first hon- 

 ors. Such awards, on such animals, have been 

 published as an evidence of merit for the breed, 

 and it is not two years since a prominent advo- 

 cate of the Shorthorn interest pointed to these 

 awards and challenged the Hereford breeders 

 to show their cows in competition with them. 



There was a necessity, apparently, why Mrs. 

 Edwards should bring the pick of her herd to 

 the show ring, and that the Hereford cow 

 Jennie should come upon the show ground at 

 Chicago and vindicate and sustain the charac- 

 ter of the Herefords for superiority as well in 

 the cow as in the steer class. This has been 

 done on both sides of the Atlantic, and the 

 two winning cows pronounced the best of any 

 breed that has been exhibited. The cow Leon- 

 ora in England and the cow Jennie in America 

 have vindicated the character of the Hereford 

 breed. 



We give herewith the winnings of Leonora. 

 In Mr. Miller's recent purchases in England he 

 bought a half brother and a half sister of this 



cow. Leonora, bred by Mrs. Sarah Edwards, 

 widow of the late T. Edwards (fl 224A), of 

 Leominster, calved August llth, 1875, was the 

 winner of the following prizes: Second prize 

 at Birmingham, 1876; first prize at Liverpool, 

 1877; first prize at Bristol, 1878; first prize 

 and champion prize for best Hereford female 

 (fl 225A) at London, 1879; meetings of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England : first 

 prize as one of a pair at Hereford, 1876; first 

 prize at Bath, 1877; first prize and champion 

 prize for the best female in the yard at Oxford, 

 1878; first prize at Exeter, 1879; meetings of 

 the Bath and West of England Agricultural So- 

 ciety: first prize and champion prize for the 

 best female in the yard at Hereford, 1877; first 

 prize and champion prize for the best Hereford 

 female, also champion prize for the best female 

 in the yard at Kingston, 1878; first prize and 

 champion prize for best female, also champion 

 prize for the best animal in the yard at Here- 

 ford, 1879; meetings of the Herefordshire 

 Agricultural Society: first prize as one of a 

 pair at Owestry, 1878; first prize and champion 

 prize as one of a pair, also champion prize for 

 the best Hereford female in the yard at Lud- 

 low, 1878; first prize at Shrewsbury, 1879; 

 meetings of the Shropshire and West Midland 

 Agricultural Society: first prize at Kidder- 

 minster, 1877; first prize and champion prize 

 for the best cow or heifer in the yard, also 

 champion prize for the best animal in the yard 

 at Malvern, 1879; meetings of the Worcester- 

 shire Agricultural Society: first prize at Durs- 

 ley, 1877; first prize at Cheltenham, 1879; 

 meetings of the Gloucestershire Agricultural 

 Society: first prize and champion prize for the 

 best female in the yard at Newport, (Lord 

 Tredegar's show) 1877, 1878; first prize as 

 one of four at Leominster and Ludlow, 1876; 

 first prize as one of a pair, and champion prize 

 as the best animal in the yards at Leominster 

 and Ludlow, 1877; first prize and champion 

 prize for the best animal in the yard at Lud- 

 low, 1879; first prize and champion prize for 



