86 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



of the pathfinders. He was in a district that was 

 prolific of good Herefords, among his neighbors be- 

 ing the senior Tudge, Ben Rogers, and Monkhouse 

 of The Stow. Mr. Eea had commenced about 1816 

 with a bull of Knight's breeding. Then he had Old 

 Court (306), representing a mingling of Tomkins 

 and TuUy strains. Blood concentration was in evi- 

 dence here as elsewhere, a son and a grandson of 

 Old Court being used upon the herd. A famous 

 stock-getter of his day. Regent (891), "with a dark, 

 curly coat, broad forehand and top," was probably 

 the best of the early Monaughty stock bulls, siring 

 many prize-winners. Then came Grenadier (961), 

 succeeded by Chieftain (930) and his two sons Treas- 

 urer (1105) and Pilot (1036), both noted breeders. 

 From Turner Mr. Rea then got Wellington (1112), 

 the sire of many great show beasts. 



Thos. Eea, son of James, bred good Herefords for 

 many years at Westonbury near Leominster in Here- 

 fordshire. He bought from his neighbor Ben. Rog- 

 ers, living but a few miles distant. Sir David's son 

 Sir Benjamin (1387). The bull was then a yearling, 

 or possibly a two-year-old, and was subsequently 

 transferred to Mr. Rea, Sr., of Monaughty. In these 

 herds he did extraordinary service, taking and hold- 

 ing for many years the center of the English Here- 

 ford stage. To his cover Monaughty was indebted 

 for the celebrated cow Queen of the Lilies, champion 

 at the Manchester Royal of 1869 and dam of King 

 of the Lilies (3892), sire of Helianthus (4641) and 



