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all breeds at the Bath and West of England Show 

 of 1875. He was called one of the best bulls the 

 breed had produced, and sold privately at a reported 

 price of 300 guineas. Both Tredegar and Long- 

 horns were got by Mercury (3967), and still a third 

 bull of note, Thoughtful (5063), was by the same 

 sire. The Tredegar cow Lancashire Lass won 

 premier honors at the Kilburn International Show 

 of 1879 and at Smithfield the same year. 



A large portion of the herd at Showle was de- 

 scended from two cows bought at the Hazel sale near 

 Ledbury about 1822. Cows were also bought from 

 Jeffries, Carpenter of Eardisland (near Pembridge), 

 and other herds of good repute. Within a period of 

 eight years, when training for show was being regu- 

 larly followed up by Mr. Taylor, his fine cattle gained 

 no less than 150 prizes, and specimens of his breed- 

 ing have been imported freely into North and South 

 America as well as into Australia. 



Wintercott. — ^Thomas Edwards of Wintercott in- 

 herited his father's herd in 1840 when he was but 

 17 years of age, and although he died at 47 all 

 Britain resounded at one time with the fame of his 

 marvelously perfect show cow Leonora, thrice first 

 at the Eoyal Shows in 1870, 1874 and 1875 at Hull, 

 Bedford and Taunton. She was champion at the Kil- 

 burn International at London and champion at 

 Smithfield and Birmingham Fat Stock Shows — 

 drawing in all, £650 into the Wintercott coffers. 



With the production of this great cow the breed 



