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with cow and offspring, first at the meeting of 

 the Crloucester Agricultural Society in 1839. 

 Zealous' pedigree traces back three more genera- 

 tions to the esteemed blood of Mr. Knight, one 

 of the breeders of the best cattle of his time. 

 Two years ago Mr. Pitt's herd was dispersed, 

 when ninety-one animals averaged £77 Is 9d 

 ($385). 



"The next bulls used were Crcssy 2d (4474), 

 Clarendon, and Garibaldi, all bred at Cressy, 

 the two former being sons of imported Cressida, 

 and the latter out of her daughter Countess, by 

 Cronstadt (1198). Clarendon was by Cron- 

 stadt, was calved 1st September, 1860. Cressy 

 2d was by Zealous and was calved 29th July, 



"Mr. Toosey considered Undergraduate a 

 magnificent animahand sold him to Mr. Vincent 

 Dowlmg, of Lue, for 300 guineas ($1,500). 

 Soon after Mr. Toosey gave up breeding. Some 

 of his principal sales were the following: Mr. 

 Learmonth, of Groongal, many years ago pur- 

 chased a number of heifers, and, mating then! 

 with English bulls, formed a very fine herd. 

 The cattle there, as s.een by a well-known 

 Queensland Hereford breeder a few years ago, 

 were very large and thick. A number of fe- 

 males from this herd were exported to found a 

 herd in New Zealand. 



"A))out forty-five years ago, Mr. Toosey sold 

 a bull to Mr. Hobbler, of the Hunter. This is 





MAIDSTONE (SS75) 79iao. 

 Br?d by H. W. Taylor. iBvincible in English show rings. Champion at the Paris World's Exposition, 1SS9 

 for $7,500 gold. E.xported to Argentine, S. A., where he was again champion. Weight 3,200 lbs. 



1861. He was a fine animal and after being 

 used many years was sold to Mr. R. Q. Ker- 

 mode, of Ross, for fifty guineas. Garibaldi was 

 calved 19th November, 1862. He was by Gari- 

 baldi (2005), a fine bull imported by Mr. W. 

 Field, of Enfield, Tasmania. Mr. Toosey used 

 Garibaldi for some time with success, and even- 

 tually sold him to Mr. James Cox, of Clarendon. 

 The next bull used was Undergraduate, calved 

 13th June, 1872. He was bred by Mr. Robert 

 McDougall, of Arundel, Victoria, and was got 

 by his celebrated bull. The Oxford Lad (4192), 

 afterwards sold to Mr. George Loder, of Abbev 

 C4reen, for 600 guineas ($3,000). ITndergrad- 

 uate's dam was the Cressy cow Jessie, by Zeal- 

 ous, she being a descendant of Matchless. 



probably the animal named Hobbler's Trojan, 

 a name met with in some of the Tocal ped- 

 igrees. 



"About thirty years ago ten or twelve heifers 

 and the bull Young Cronstadt (5050) were sold 

 to Mr. Lyall, of Western Port, Victoria. These 

 heifers were principally by Trojan (5083), and 

 from them, by Jerry (1288) , Mr. Lyall bred 

 cattle equal to anv in Australia. 



"About the year 1868, Mr. J. D. Cox, of 

 Cullenbone, bought seven heifers, most of which 

 were by Cressy 2d. In 1872 he purchased six 

 more, these and four others that he bought in 

 1874 being by Garibaldi. 



"'Messrs. McConnel and Wood's fine cow 

 Duchess 5th is from one of these. Mr. Cox 



