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80150, by Marplot 82782. Prime Lad, through his sire and 

 grandsire, Kansas Lad 36932, goes back to Beau Real 11055, 

 by Anxiety 4th, a truly great line of sires. Prime Lad won 

 many prizes in the show ring, the more important being the 

 breed championship at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and 

 at the International Live-Stock Exposition in 1904. As a sire, 

 in the hands of Van Natta and Son, he was a great success, 

 siring many notable prize winners, including Prime Lad i6th 

 213969, out of Lorna Doone 94479 (champion at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition), and Prime Lad 9th 213963, out of Leonora 

 137722 (another daughter of Lorna Doone), by March On 76035. 

 Gay Lad 6th 316936, by Prime Lad i6th, out of Sister Per- 

 fection 139658 sired by Dale 66481 and out of Melley May 

 (also the dam of Perfection Fairfax), in the hands of O. Harris 

 of Missouri, attained great fame as the progenitor of a line of 

 Gay Lads of much merit. Gay Lad 6th was champion bull of 

 the breed at the American Royal and the International in 1910 

 and 1911, and his son Gay Lad 4Oth 503718, junior champion 

 in 1916 at the American Royal, at the O. Harris and Sons 

 sale in 1917, sold for $11,900. Since 1904 Prime Lads have 

 been in special favor. The Prime Lad and Beau Donald families 

 have been blended to great advantage. 



Noted Hereford sires prior to 1900 may be traced in the history 

 of' the breed during the previous century. Two great epoch- 

 making sires of long ago were Sovereign (404), calved in 1820, 

 and Sir David (349), calved in 1845. Sir Benjamin (1387), a son 

 of Sir David, was also a sire of great renown. Coming to a more 

 recent date, Lord Wilton (4740) 4057, calved in 1873 (a de- 

 scendant of Sir David), and Horace (3877) 2492, calved in 1867, 

 have been rated as two of the greatest bulls in the history of the 

 breed in England. Hereford sires of particular note in America 

 date back only to the time of T. L. Miller. From about 1880 

 many animals of much merit were imported. Among these 

 history accords high place to Success 2, by Banquo 4 ; Sir 

 Richard 2d 97oa, by Sir Oliver 2d (1733) ; The Grove 3d 2490; 

 Sir Bartle Frere 6419, by Lord Wilton (4740) 4057; Garfield 

 7015, by Quickset 6853; Anxiety 2238, by Longhorns 2236; 

 and Tregehan 6203, by Assurance 4589, Among American-bred 



