232 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



England and had been second at the Royal meeting 

 at Reading the year before. He was a bull of great 

 scale and had a double cross of the two big bulls of 

 by-gone years, Walford and Sir David. In two- 

 year-olds Mr. Arkwright won with Rose Cross, by 

 Conjuror, first at Bristol and Kilbum; his dam, 

 Rosebud, by Sir Thomas, had been first prize cow at 

 Birmingham and Liverpool. He was a long deep 

 dark red bull, wonderfully level in his lines. Sec- 

 ond was awarded to the straight lengthy Chippen- 

 dale, by Lord Wilton. In the bull calf class, a" large 

 one by the way, Carwardine's Monarch, by Lord 

 Wilton, which had been passed over at the Here- 

 fordshire meeting, was now placed first. He was a 

 big straight good-topped one with plenty of style, 

 character and quality, looking better than the two 

 that had previously been placed before him — ^Wash- 

 ington, by Rudolph, and Albany, by Lord Wilton, 

 now second and third. 



In breeding cows Taylor's Modesty had first prize 

 and another entry from Showle, Adelaide, was sec- 

 ond. Of the in-calf heifers Allen Hughes was ad- 

 judged to have the best in Modesty, by Commander 

 (4452). William Tudge was second with Elsie, by 

 Downton Grand Duke (5878) from Mermaid 2d, by 

 Regulus. Myddleton was third with Lady Mary. 

 In two-year-olds Robert Hall won first witii Doro- 

 thea, by Lord Wilton. F. Piatt was second with 

 Prettymaid 4th, by Hartington (5358). In year- 

 ling heifers Frederick Piatt won first with the well 

 made, stylish Primrose 7th, also by Hartington. A. 



