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(440), Hope (411), Chance (355), Defiance (416), Prince Dan- 

 gerous (362), Lot (364), Lottery 2d (408), Young Favorite 

 (413), Wonder (420), Fitzfavorite (441), Hamlet (512), Original 

 ist (455), Young Waxy (451), Purslow (446) and Conqueror 

 (412). There is scarcely a line of Hereford breeding to-day that 

 is not traceable to the Hewer stock. 



Thomas Jeffries, of The Grove, Pembridge, and other estates, 

 was born in 1796 and died in 1843. He was a son of Thomas 

 Jeffries, and came from a family of well-known Hereford 

 breeders. He first began with the Hereford stock developed by 

 the family, but later infused the blood of cattle bred by John 

 Hewer, hiring from him Sovereign, Lottery, Byron, and Fitz- 

 favorite. This blending of blood brought about remarkable suc- 

 cess, and Jeffries produced numerous famous animals. Cotmore 

 (376), by Sovereign, which he bred, has been classed as one of 

 the finest Hereford bulls of history. 



Foundation Herefords of importance are the following : Silver 

 Cow of Richard Tomkins ; Pigeon and Mottle of Benjamin Tom- 

 kins the Elder ; Welling- 

 ton (4), Silver Bull (41), 

 Slit Teat Cow, Storrell, 

 Old Rose, and Old Lovely 

 of Benjamin Tomkins the 

 Younger ; Toby Pigeon, 

 by Toby (5), of John 

 Price. These were really 

 fundamental stock in the 

 early establishment of the 

 breed. Among other very 

 important Hereford males 

 that had a great influence 

 on the breed in England 

 in the last century may be mentioned Sovereign (404), Old 

 Wellington (507), Old Silver (540), Waxy (403), Cotmore (376), 

 Lottery (410), Chance (348), Sir David (349), Walford (871), 

 Sir Benjamin (1387), Sir Thomas (2228), Horace (3877), Winter 

 De Cote (4253), and Lord Wilton (4740). These bulls are insep- 

 arably associated with the development of the breed in England. 



Fig. 82. Dale 66481, by Columbus 51875. One 

 of the greatest Hereford bulls in the history 

 of the breed, both as sire and show bull. 

 Bred by Clem Graves, Bunker Hill, Indiana. 

 Photograph by the author 



