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porting them. This show was largely visited by the 

 best Hereford breeders, and the success of the Sir 

 Benjamih and Sir David blood gave a great impetus 

 to the demand for cattle of that extraction. It will 

 be noted that at Battersea the other grand old 

 Hereford sire and contemporary of Sir David, the 

 famous Walford of Lord Berwick's herd, had sup- 

 plied a . large number of wiimers — eight out of 

 twenty-four. It appears clear, therefore, that 

 these two bulls did much for the breed and later 

 on, when their blood was combined, some wonderful 

 winners and champions were produced. 



Newcastle, Plymouth and the Rinderpest. — In 

 1864 the meeting was at Newcastle-on-Tyne. This 

 being considered far from home the Hereford 

 classes were not so well supported there as at 

 Worcester. In the aged bull class a Worcester win- 

 ner, Mr. Taylor's Tambourine, led. He had won 

 before in the three-year-old class; bred by Lord 

 Bateman he was a son of Carlisle, the winner of 

 the second to Attingham, the son of Walford, at 

 Carlisle. At the two previous Bath and West of 

 England shows Mr. J. A. HoUing's Chieftain 2d 

 had been placed first before Tambourine. They pre- 

 sented a very great contrast — Chieftain 2d an enor- 

 mously big bull and Tambourine much smaller but 

 very neat. Here the decision was reversed and 

 Chieftain, bred by James Rea, was placed third. In 

 the three-year-old class Battersea woii first for his 

 owner, Mr. John Baldwin. In the two-year-old bulls 

 Mr. Thomas Duckham, editor of the Hereford Herd 



