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the Horace strain of blood has been so largely rec- 

 ognized. Before leaving the pedigree of Lady, the 

 dam of Horace, it is worth reporting that through 

 such bulls as Sir Andrew and The Knight, both of 

 which were well known prize-winners in their day, 

 the pedigree of this cow can be traced back to Wel- 

 lington (4), whose picture is given in Vol. 1 of the 

 herd book, was bred by Benjamin Tomkins in 1808 

 and 'considered by him the best stock-getter he ever 

 bred, his Silver Bull (41) excepted.' 



"The same authority from which I have above 

 quoted describes Frugality as a 'bull of fair size, 

 short on the leg, thick and square in build. ' His name 

 was given him by his breeder, Mr. Gibbons, 'because 

 of the calf having remarkable thickness of flesh and 

 being such a rare thrifty fellow to keep himself. ' It 

 will be noticed that the sire and dam of Horace were 

 by the same sire, Shamrock 2d, and therefore half- 

 brother and sister, so that the concentrated blood in 

 that bull was all the more powerful in Frugality, 

 and was undoubtedly passed on to Horace and his 

 descendants. 



"John Price of The Court House saw in Horace 

 the making of a great sire, and in his hands, al- 

 though not a show bull himself, Horace made his 

 reputation by his stock carrying all before them both 

 at the fat stock and breeding shows. In 1876 Mr. 

 Price's exhibition of young animals by him was so 

 remarkable that Mr. Piatt of Bamby Manor gave 

 £500 for him. At the Bath and West of England show 

 in that year no less than ten of his sons and daugh- 

 ters won prizes and honorable mention. The old 

 bull continued his successful career as a sire until 

 he was fifteen years old, and at that advanced age 

 the butcher who slaughtered him remarked that he 

 'did not want to kill any better.' " 



