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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



one unnamed (the dam of Diana). The pedi- 

 grees of the cattle have been lost, but Mr. 

 Toosey states that thej' were purchased at high 

 figures from one of the first breeders in Here- 

 fordshire, and that he bred some of his best 

 stock from them ; bulls in the early days bring- 

 ing from 80 to 100 guineas. Beauty and 

 Matchless were splendid cows> and much ad- 

 mired in the herd. Diana was calved in 1828. 

 She was a very fine cow, and was sold by auction 

 in 1841. Her dam died in 1829. Beauty died 



"LYNHALES," HEREFORDSHIRE. 

 Home of S. Robinson. 



early in 1832, having bred five calves. Mr. 

 Toosey used Billy for some years, and then re- 

 placed him by his son. Comet, who was born in 

 1830. Comet's dam was Matchless. He was a 

 splendid bull and good stock-getter. Comet 

 was succeeded in the herd by Cressy 1st, a bull 

 purchased as a yearling by Mr. Toosey for 80 

 guineas from his breeder, Mrs. Jeffries, of 

 The Sheriffs, near Knighton, Herefordshire. 

 Cressy was a noble bull, well shaped and of 

 excellent quality of flesh. He was used for sev- 

 eral years in the herd and then sold by auction. 

 His pedigree, which was a good one, was given 

 to the purchaser, but, unfortunately, no copy 

 has been preserved. Mr. Jeffries was the 

 breeder of the celebrated bull Cotmore (376 

 E. H. B.), whose live weight at the Royal Show 

 at Oxford in 1839 was declared to be 35 cwt. 

 (3.920 lbs.) The next bull used was Trojan 

 (4384 E. H. B.) He was imported in 1833 

 by Mr. S. Bryant, and after being in the col- 

 ony some time, was sold to Mr. Toosey, who 

 described him as a very fine symmetrical bull. 

 After him was added another bull, also called 

 Trojan (.5083). He was imported about the 

 year 1840 by Mr. Thomas Williams, of Launces- 

 ton, and purchased by Mr. Toosey for 300 

 guineas. He is described as a bull of good 



quality and great weight. He was a success- 

 ful stock-getter, and was the sire of Dainty 

 1st, calved October, 1843; Lady Bird, calved 

 November, 1840; Juniper, calved June, 1846; 

 Trojan was afterwards sold to Mr. Wier, of 

 Victoria, who has his pedigree. Mr. Williams 

 at the same time imported the bull Hereford, 

 who was afterwards used at Cressy with good 

 results. 



"After this bull Mr. Toosey used two of his 

 own breeding, Baron and Duke. The former 

 was calved 14th November, 1845, and was by 

 Trojan (5083), dam Blowdy, by Cressy 1st, 

 g. d. Bashful, by Billy (4353); Belinda, by 

 Billy (4353) — Beauty. Duke was calved 1st 

 September, 1848, and was by Baron, dam 

 Darling by Trojan (5083) ; g. d. Daphne, by 

 Cressy 1st — Damsel, by Billy (4353) ; Diana by 

 Billy, from imported cow. He was a very good 

 bull and was used in the herd till 1854, when 

 he was sold to Mr. Sloper Cox, of Mudgee, New 

 South Wales, for seventy guineas. 



"Mr. Toosey next used Priam, purchased in 

 April, 1850, from his breeder, Mr. David Gib- 

 son, of Pleasant Banks, near Launceston. He 

 wae by the celebrated Hampton (513), who was 

 sold for 500 guineas on his arrival at Launces- 

 ton, out of Miss Stockton, a fine cow, imported 

 from England by Mr. Gibson. 



"In June, 1854, Mr. Robert Keate purchased 

 for the company the bull Cronstadt ( 1198 ) , and 

 the cow Cressida, then three years old. These 

 cattle arrived at Cressy in November, 1854. 

 They were bred by Mr. Edward Williams, of 

 Llowes Court, Hay. 



"Cronstadt was succeeded by Zealous (1822), 

 a bull purchased by Mr. James Cox, of Claren- 

 don, Tasmania, for 400 guineas, that price 

 being paid in England. He was bred bv Mr. 

 George Pitt, Chadnor Court, DilwMi, and was 

 a remarkably well bred bull, coming from a 

 long line of illustrious ancestors. His sire, Mil- 

 liam (1321) won first prize at the meeting of 

 the Hay and Wyside Agricultural Societv in 

 1855. His g. d. White Rose, by Young Cot- 

 more (601), won second prize at the Eoval 

 meeting at Norwich and was one of the six cows 

 to which the first p'rize was given in 1855 at 

 Ludlow. Young Cotmore (601) won first prize 

 at the Leominster Agricultural Society's meet- 

 ing in 1841, and with cow and offspring at a 

 subsequent meeting. His third dam. Rose, won 

 first prize in her class at Hereford in 1845; 

 fourth dam. Blossom 3d, by Young Favorite 

 (460), was a winner of the first prize at Here- 

 ford, 1854. She was a dam of the celebrated 

 bull Big Ben (248). 



"Young Favorite won first prize in 1837, and 



