TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I— HEREFORDSHIRE PASTURES AND PIONEERa 

 The Vale of the Severn — The County of Hereford — Hereford- 

 shire farming — The pastures — Persistency rewarded — 

 Liong famous for good cattle — Whence the white face? — 

 Some of the pathfinders — ^Disinterested praise 23-46 



CHAPTER II— EARLY ENGLISH IMPROVERS. 

 Benjamin Tomklns — John Price — The Hewers — The Jeffries — 

 Knight of Downton Castle — In the Hall of Fame — Pedigree 

 registration established — Color quarrel compromised — ^Bv- 

 ton's editorial troubles — Sold for n song — Mr. Duckham's 

 valuable service — Practical farmers in control 47-80 



CHAPTER III— SOME ENGLISH BREED-BUILDERS AND THEIJl 



WORK. 



The strange story of Sir David — The Reas of Monaughty and 

 Westonbury — The Sir Benjamin era — ^Tudge of Adforton 

 — Benjamin Rogers — Sir Thomas described — The Prices of 

 Court House — ^Mr. John Hill's comment on Horace— Monk- 

 house of The Stow — Lord Berwick — ^Taylor of Showle 

 Court — Wintercott — Roberts of Ivingtonbury — Carwardine 

 — Anxiety (5188) — Lord Wilton (4740) — ^The Turners of 

 The Leen — The Grove 3d — Felhampton Court — J. H. Ark- 

 wright — The Leinthall herd 81-14a 



CHAPTER IV— BRITISH SHOWS AND THEIR INFLUENCBJ. 

 At Oxford and Cambridge — Bristol, Derby and Southampton — . 

 Shrewsbury and Newcastle — Northampton, York and Nor- 

 wich — ^Exeter, Windsor and Walford — Lewes, Gloucester 

 and Lincoln — Carlisle, Chelmsford and Salisbury — Chester, 

 Warwick and Canterbury — Leeds, and the Battersea Inter- 

 national — ^Worcester and Sir Thomas — Newcastle, Ply- 

 mouth and the rinderpest 147-179 



CHAPTEai V— MORE ROYAL DECISIONS REVIEWED. 

 Leicester il turning point as to scale — Quality again triumphs 

 at Manchester — Rogers and his tall herdsman — Stanway, 

 Silver Star and the Australians — Wolve'rhampton and Car- 

 diff — Hull and Bedford — The dam of old Anxiety — The 

 Taunton Show of 1875 — Lord Wilton as a yearling — ^Slg 

 good classes at Birmingham — ^Anxiety appears at Lrver- 

 pool — ^The Bristol winners — The Kilbum International 

 afloat — Lord Wilton and a blundering bailiff — ^Anxiety 



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