MR. WESTCAR, OF CRESLOW 99 



parent, and the internal organisation follows the 

 female.' 



The Hereford breed of cattle had made a sreat 

 reputation in the beginning of the present century, 

 when Mr. Westcar, of Creslow, near Aylesbury, 

 mainly established the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 

 where for twenty years in succession he carried off 

 the first prize with his Herefords against all sorts 

 of cattle competing. Mr. Westcar died before my 

 day, but I knew his nephew, Mr. Richard Rowland, 

 who succeeded him in those splendid pastures, and 

 who related to me — whilst standing in the far-famed 

 great ground, on the spot marked by a clump of 

 trees, planted specially as a memorial, where the 

 lifeless body of Mr. Westcar was found, he having 

 fallen from his horse, and was supposed to have 

 died from a fit — how the Duke of Bedford in the 

 beginning of this century had so often expressed his 

 admiration of the splendid cattle exhibited by Mr. 

 Westcar, went down to the great Easter fair at Here- 

 ford, leaving all the arrangements for the journey to 

 the great grazier, travelling in his carriage with four 

 post-horses — which is a representative story of the 

 times as to a progress through the country — taking 

 two days for the journey, and stopping one night 

 on the road at the well-known country inn, the 

 ' Staple Hall,' at Witney, accompanied by Lord 

 Berners in another carriage and four, Mr. Westcar 

 going on ahead in the old yellow post-chaise of the 

 period, ordering relays of horses, and preparing 

 accommodation for the party. The noble travellers 



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