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69. First prize Hereford ox at Smithfield, 1846 108 



70. Champion Hereford ox, Smithfield, 1838 109 



71. Hereford steer, 2 years 11 months old, champion at Birmingham and Smithfield, 1853 110 



72. Hereford ox, 4 years old, champion at Smithfield, 1863 Ill 



73. Hereford ox at 4 years, champion at Smithfield, 1868 112 



74. Hereford ox, 2 years old, champion at Smithfield, 1882 113 



CHAPTER IX. 

 CONTEMPORARY REPORTS OF SMITHFIELD CLUB MATTERS .' 92 



CHAPTER X. 



TWENTY YEARS OF HEREFORD BREEDING 1799 TO 1819 103 



574. Hereford Cathedral 114 



746. City of Hereford, cathedral and Wye bridge 115 



74c. Herefordshire farmyard scene 116 



CHAPTER XI. 



EARLY HEREFORD HISTORY IN AMERICA. Hereford Shorthorn Controversy from 1834 to 1841 107 



74d. " The Woodleys," Wooton, Oxfordshire, Eng.. estate of the Sotham family 117 



74<?. " The Woodleys," Oxfordshire, birthplace of Wm. H. Sotham (rear view.) 118 



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CHAPTER XII. 



MORE EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY 146 



174/. Hereford cow, " Matchless," alias "Spot" (V. 5, p. 118), 1074 119 



175. Mr. Rust's grade Hereford ox, weight 3,700 Ibs 120 



76. Woodbine, bred by Wm. H. Sotham 121 



77. William Miller (Uncle Willie), Storm Lake, Iowa 122 



78. Cardinal Wiseman, 1202 123 



79. Sweetheart 2nd, 602, and Vesta 4th, 1232A, at 18 months (1867) 125 



80. Hebe 469, Bonny Lass 679, bred by Lord Bateman, and Graceful 545, bred by Lord Berwick.. 125 



81. Emperor at 2 years (1867) 126 



183. Thos. Duckham, M. P., 1816-1902, Baysham Court, Ross, Herefordshire 127 



|82. Walford (871) 47, calved about 1844 1'28 



184. Frederick William Stone, Guelph, Ont., Canada 129 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MR. WM. H. SOTHAM'S HISTORY OF THE HEREFOF.DS 179 



185. Erasius Corning, Albany, N. Y 130 



186. " The Woodleys " (Sotham estate), Wooton, Oxfordshire, Eng. (view from the fields) 131 



587. Tomb of the parents of Wm. H. Sotham, in Wooton churchyard, Oxfordshire 132 



f88. Wooton Church, Oxfordshire, England 133 



" ^89 A tablet in Wooton Church 134 



190. Sir Charles (3434) 543, bred by F. W. Stone 135 



191. John R. Page's conception of Sir Charles (3434) 543 138 



192. The Bates Shorthorn ideal, Imported Duke of Airdrie (12730) 137 



193. A typical Hereford of 1840, Cotmore, weight 3,920 Ibs , at 9 years old 1 38 



194. Thomas Booth, the great English Shorthorn breeder 139 



195. Marchioness, bred by E. Corning, Jr., Albany, N. Y 140 



196. Tromp, bred by W. H. Sotham 141 



197. William H. Sotham, in his 80th year (1801-1884) 142 



198. Luther Tucker, Sr., America's first great agricultural editor 143 



199. Cassius M. Clay, White Hall, Lexington, Ky 144 



100. R. A. Alexander, Lexington, Ky 145 



'101. " White Hall," near Lexington, Ky 147 



102. Medal of the N. Y. S. A. 8., awarded to Wm. H. Sotham, 1856 148 



103. John Merryman, of "The Hayfields," Cockeysville, Md 149 



104. Herefords, property of T. F. B. Sotham 150 



105. Medal of the N. Y. A. S., awarded to Wm. H. Sotham, 1859 151 



r !06. City of Hereford and the river Wye 152 



1107. Leonora, " the incomparable," bred by Mrs. S. Edwards, Wintercott, Leominster, Hereford.. . 153 



1108. Winter de Cote (4253) 3204, champion of England 1871 to 1875 154 



1109. Grateful (4622) 2572, champion of England 1876 to 1880 155 



10. North Herefordshire hounds 156 



fill. Yoke of half-bred Hereford steers, 2 years old, out of Devon dams 157 



1 112. Young Herefords, bred by T. F. B. Sotham, Chillicothe, Mo 158 



