l86 HEREFORDS. 



bringing a figure upwards of ^100. Sales of 20 oxen from 1799 to 1811 

 the average price of which was ;io6, 6s., or $530 each : 



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630 



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126 



200 

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105 



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105 



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105 



The Smithfield Club at London, England, held its first cattle show 

 in 1799. The winner of the first prize was a Hereford ox, shown by 

 Mr. Westcar, bred by Mr. Tully, Huntingdon Court, Hereford, and for 

 the first 20 years of this show Herefords won the first or champion prize 

 for the best ox or steer exhibited. During the years from about 1820 to 

 1834, there was a very warm contest carried on between the respective 

 breeders of Herefords and Shorthorns as to the merits of the two breeds 

 a condition of things which has been kept up with more or less 

 warmth ever since. (We cannot see why there should be such violent 

 temper displayed by the respective champions of these two popular 

 breeds. Each has a certain definite place in our midst, and it is no 

 secret that any successful breeder is quite likely to regard his own 

 success as a reflection of superior merit in the breed he handles. 

 "Live and let live" is a pretty good motto, which both breeders of 

 Herefords and Shorthorns would do well to heed.) 



Mr. Geo. T. Turner, writing to the National Live Stock Journal of 

 Chicago in 1880, says : 



"The Hereford bullock in London is quite a season animal, and comes only as a 

 grass beast in the late summer and autumn, when it tops the market." 



And we might add, the Hereford steer has held his own in this re- 

 spect for more than 100 years. 



The Hereford Herd Book was first published in 1846 by Mr. T. C. 

 Eyton the second volume appearing in 1853. At this time, the mark- 

 ings of the breed were not as uniform as now, and Mr. Eyton classed 

 them according to color as Mottle Faced, White Faced, Gray and Light 

 Gray. In his preface to the second volume, Mr. Eyton says that many 

 breeders neglected to forward any account of their stock or pedigrees 

 of their bulls, and that it is not his intention "to continue the work un- 

 less the breeders generally come forward to assist me more than they 

 have done to the present time. I would willingly give my own time and 



