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horns — ^also the mother of Sir Bartle Frere, by 

 Lord Wilton — ^was even then nursing one of the 

 first of Anxiety's get at Stocktonbury, a calf that 

 was slated for a great career in the United States. 

 Still another of Mr. Carwardine's cows, Gay Lass, 

 also by Longhoms, was at the time carrying to 

 Anxiety's cover the bull of all bulls so far as Ameri- 

 can Hereford history is concerned. The first was 

 Anxiety 3d 4466 (Clark's), whose daughters at one 

 time ruled our western shows; the other was Anxi- 

 ety 4th 9904 (Gudgell & Simpson's), one of the best 

 stock bulls ever produced by any breed in any coun- 

 try at any time since cattle annals have been kept. 

 Prettjrface. — ^Yet another Longhorns cow, named 

 Prettymaid, dropped in August, 1879, a heifer by 

 Anxiety that as a two-year-old was to prove the 

 wonder of all England at the shows of 1881 and was 

 to repeat her victories in America in 1882. We 

 speak of Prettyface 57.35, first at the Royal, first at 

 the Bath and West, first at the Shropshire and West 

 Midland, first at Hereford, first and champion over 

 all ages at Worcester and champion female of any 

 age or breed, defeating Lady Carew 3d, the best 

 Shorthorn cow of the year in England. She was 

 imported by Mr. Culbertson in 1881, and unlike 

 many breeding animals with distinguished show- 

 yard careers to their credit, she made a wonderful 

 record as a breeder, giving birth to no less than 

 eleven calves in ten years, none of them twins. She 

 was in calf to Mr. Carwardine's Lord Wilton when 

 imported, and gave birth to the bull usually re- 



