HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



later the dam of British Wonder 917, a 

 famous show hog in the Browning & Son 

 herd, grand champion at Illinois fair, 1890, 

 and other early shows. British Wonder 

 917 was by Perry Duke 185, the latter com- 

 ing from the Tom Bennett herd and was 

 sired by Red Chief, unrecorded, who was 

 also the sire of Red Jacket No. 1, the first 

 Duroc boar ever put on record. The dam 

 of British Wonder was Queen of the West 

 530, a sow from the Ingram herd. 



William Roberts' first recorded herd 

 boar was Alexis, from the same herd men- 

 tioned above (Railsback & Pittsford), and 

 was first at St. Louis, 1882, second at Iowa, 

 1883, Nebraska 1883. Later he used Her- 

 man H. from the Herring & Hummer herd, 

 a boar tracing to Climax 21, winner at 

 New Orleans in 1885 and seven big fairs in 

 1884; further on in his work of construct- 

 ing Durocs, Mr. Roberts used Delay 3167, 

 by Troubadour and Supply 4563, both of 

 which he bought from the Morton herd, 

 the latter being sired by Col. M., the foun- 

 dation of the Colonel family. Columbian 

 Duke 3457 was also raised in this herd in 

 the early 90s and his get was at Chicago, 

 his breeding tracing to the C. J. Stuckey 

 herd of Illinois (now a breeder of Ohio). 



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