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back to Lady Adforton and Lady Ashford, Mr. 

 Tudge 's favorite strain. ' She made 65 guineas and 

 her bull calf 46 guineas. Here we have a cow di- 

 rectly akin in blood to Lord Wilton, and evidence 

 that Mr. Tudge considered it his favorite strain. If 

 further proof of the value of the Sir Roger blood is 

 needed it may be mentioned that Rosebud was sold 

 to Mr. Arkwright of Hampton Court at this sale for 

 155 guineas; she was by Sir Thomas (2228) and he 

 was the sire of Sir Roger. Going back another gen- 

 eration we find that Sir Thomas was by the great 

 bull Sir Benjamin (1387). Sir Thomas won first 

 at the Royal, and other prizes, while Sir Benjamin 

 had for his sire one of the grandest bulls in Here- 

 ford history, the wonderful Sir David (349), calved 

 in 1845, and first at the Newcastle and Norwich meet- 

 ings of the Royal. Is it, with such an ancestry, to 

 be wondered that Lord Wilton had the power of 

 transmitting all the good points he himself pos- 

 sessed and had inherited to his offspring? We have 

 only considered the value of his pedigree on the side 

 of his sire. If we turn to the female line we shall 

 still find the excellent combination of the same blood. 

 His grandam, Lady Adforton, was by Pilot 

 (2156), which was by The Grove (1764), a son of 

 Sir David, the sire and grandsire of Sir Benjamin 

 and Sir Thomas, the bulls which occur on the male 

 side of the pedigree." 



Lord Wilton ended his days at Mr. Fenn's, who, 

 together with Mr. Tudge, was his last owner. Com- 

 menting upon the close of the old bull's career John 

 Hill said in "The Breeder's Gazette" of Oct. 4, 

 1905: 



"I saw Lord Wilton knocked down under the 

 hammer at 3,800 guineas, and I was talking only 



