102 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



Mr. J. Davies, Preston Court. Mr. Price had studied 

 the breeding of this bull, and had marked his char- 

 acter. He found that through Shamrock 2d (2210), 

 of his father's breeding, Horace inherited a large 

 share of the best Court House blood, Shamrock 2d's 

 sire being by Goldfinder 2d, his dam by Magnet 2d 

 (989), a son of Magnet (823), and his grandam by 

 Pembridge (721), a son of Sir David (349), a rare 

 combination of prize strains. Shamrock 2d was the 

 sire of Horace's sire and dam. It was on this bull 

 that Mr. Price staked his fortunes, and if his father 

 had been successful in his choice of Sir David, cer- 

 tainly the present proprietor of the herd can con- 

 gratulate himself that he was equally fortunate 

 when he saved Horace from the butcher's block. The 

 characteristics on account of which he was selected 

 by Mr. Price have become strongly impressed upon 

 his offspring, and his rare wealth of flesh and mag- 

 nificent quality are carried through successive gen- 

 erations." 



Horace was sold in his ninth year for £500 to Mr. 

 Frederick Piatt of Barnby Manor, in whose posses- 

 sion he died. In point of prepotency it is doubtful if 

 there is record of a more impressive sire, his individ- 

 uality being transmitted with extraordinary cer- 

 tainty. He truly lived again in his greatest son The 

 Grove 3d, already mentioned and to be referred to 

 further in these pages, for if the published portraits 

 of the sire are at all accurate the son was a true chip 

 off the old block. The fame of Horace was still 

 further enhanced by such other sons as Horatius 

 (5390), Horace 2d (4655) and Horace 4th (6490). 

 Speaking of the latter, a critic who saw him as a 



