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stitution, flesh and feeding quality and became wide- 

 ly celebrated. Not many of the Downton cattle are 

 on record, but some of the best of the English herds 

 of the herd book period — ^including that maintained 

 by Mr. John Hill of Felhampton Court — ^acknowl- 

 edged heavy indebtedness to them. 



In the Hall of Fame. — It is not our purpose to 

 go into great detail as to all those who contributed 

 to the creation of the latter-day Hereford, but we 

 cannot pass on to the herd book period without re- 

 cording at least the names of a large group of intel- 

 ligent, able men who made skillful use of the plastic 

 material at their disposal. 



There was for instance the Yeomans family. Rich- 

 ard and John with their famous old-time herds were 

 on the side of the white face as against the mot- 

 tle-face and helped to win the day for the former, 

 while in comparatively recent times, John H. and 

 Henry Yeomans acquired prominence in the exten- 

 sion of the Hereford dominion throughout western 

 America. 



James Yarworth, first in Monmouth and later in 

 Herefordshire, commenced breeding in 1802 and for 

 18 years was a power in the trade. His most noted 

 bull was Trojan (192), shown at Hereford in 1816 

 and called by the awarding committee "the finest ani- 

 mal ever shown before the society." 



W. Walker of Burton near Clifton-on-Terme and 

 his son J. Walker of Lulsley Court, Worcestershire, 

 were men who also helped build up the breed. Prox- 



