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ton Court for some years. He was thus described 

 by Mr. Housman: 



"Merry Monarch is really a noble specimen of 

 the high-bred Hereford. His broad forehead, full 

 eyes, flat-rooted horns, with their wide and down- 

 ward bend, give him great character, even when 

 only his head is seen, but his head is a faithful in- 

 dex of the mass that follows it. . . . The front 

 is immensely deep and grand to look at, the neck is 

 full of masculine strength, without excess or coarse- 

 ness, the breast large and bulging, yet not throwing 

 any other part into insignificance. The bull, in no 

 forced condition — only fair working order — ^has 

 beef everywhere, very heavily packed behind the 

 shoulder (where most bulls are deficient), ample, 

 for a lean bull, over the crops, thickly covering his 

 strong loin and level hindquarters, and filling every 

 nook and corner of the frame. The depth at the 

 flank, and armful of heavy flank (it is much more 

 than a handful, and hangs out by its weight), bal- 

 ance the depth of forequarters, and the ribs fore 

 and aft, while they spring out boldly and at once, 

 and allow abundance of room for the vital organs, 

 are not in too great a hurry to curve in again, but 

 extend low enough to give great depth of side." 



Mr. Hill did not make a practice of feeding cat- 

 tle for show, so that his name does not appear fre- 

 quently in that connection, but it is conceded that 

 few men in England have done more to sustain the 

 best traditions of the breed. Cattle of Mr. Hill's 

 breeding have been imported in considerable num- 

 bers into the United States and Canada, and the 

 herd has also been extensively drawn upon by dis- 

 criminating buyers for South America. 



J. H. Arkwright. — The name of Mr. Arkwright of 



