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wards affectionately termed in the west, for a ton 

 and a half of bull beef on the hoof. The story of 

 Sir Eichard 2d's importation and wanderings, his 

 great period of service in Maine, his career in the 

 Miller, Clark, Earl & Stuart and Culbertson herds 

 in the west, is a bovine romance that will unfold 

 itself still further as we proceed with our story of 

 how the Hereford fought his way into the favor of 

 powerful interests in the cornbelt and on the west- 

 ern range. Had John Merryman done nothing else 

 than import this great getter of grandly fleshed, 

 massive cows possessing wonderfully true Hereford 

 character he would still be entitled to rank as one 

 of the real founders of the Hereford's good fortune 

 on this side of the Atlantic. 



Giantess ajid Progeny. — The imported cow Gian- 

 tess, of Arkwright's breeding, above referred to, 

 proved a prolific and valuable breeder and as she 

 was a half-sister to Sir Richard 2d — ^to which bull 

 she was regularly mated — contributed a valuable 

 new element to the Hayfields herd. She was the 

 mother of a line of Princesses — ^Louise, Charlotte 

 and Beatrice, all by Sir Eichard 2d — and also 

 dropped the bull Duke of Edinburgh 1711, by Sir 

 Eichard 2d, sold to Col. Lloyd of Easton, Md. She 

 had also the bull Prince of Wales 1709, by Sir 

 Eichard 2d. To a service by Illinois 920 she pro- 

 duced Prince Arthur 1708, bought by B. Hershey 

 of Muscatine, la. 



Illinois in Service. — Shortly after the nnf ortunate 

 Sir Eichard 2d trade Mr. Merryman made a deal 



