168 A HISTOKY OF EtEREB'OED CATTLE 



ter represented. Two Sir Benjamin bulls were 

 placed first and second, the winner, Sir Eichard, 

 second prize in the two-year-olds at Canterbury 

 now having first. He was a squarely-built im- 

 pressive-looking bull. The second prize Silvius was 

 a big one. Richard Hill won first in the two-year- 

 olds with Milton (2114), by Chanticleer (1173), 

 by Attingham (911), Walford's son and a first 

 prize winner himself at Carlisle. In bull calves Mr. 

 Hill also won first with a smart good-looking son 

 of Chanticleer. The first prize cow was Laura, by 

 Silvester (797), a son of Pembridge (721) by Sir 

 David, bred and exhibited by Mr. T. Naylor, Leigh- 

 ton Hall. Laura's pedigree goes back to the old 

 TuUy "breed." In heifers Lord Berwick bred the 

 winner Adela, by Will o' Wisp (1454) and a daugh- 

 ter of Agnes, by Attingham. She was a nice heifer 

 bought by the Prince Consort for the Royal Flemish 

 Farm at Windsor. 



In 1862 occurred the great International meeting 

 of the Royal society. It was held in Battersea Park, 

 London, and here the Hefefords were strongly rep- 

 resented. The first prize in aged bulls was given to 

 the Royal herd for Maximus (1650), the first prize 

 bull calf at Warwick, a son of Brecon (918). He 

 was not of a true Hereford color, having spots on 

 his face and legs, his "breed" going back to the 

 old mottle-faced Tomkins stock and the TuUy gteys. 

 He was a wide, deep, heavy-fleshed bull. The gold 

 medal was given to Mr. Hill's Milton, the first prize 

 three-year-old bull at Leeds the year before. He 



