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tiful heifer Venus, which had been first at the 

 Eoyal. With her bewitching head, her light in- 

 curved drooping horns, her phenomenally compact 

 conformation, extraordinary width, depth and 

 shortness of leg, Venus was a strictly sensational 

 heifer of any breed. With her was the handsome 

 Henrietta, also a recipient of Eoyal honors, a fit 

 maid-of -honor to little Venus. Carwardine received 

 $2,500 of Shadeland's money for the pair. 



Claxk Gets Peerless. — ^As if this were not suffi- 

 cient to start a Wilton boom, there came the stun- 

 ning sisters Delight 2d and Peerless, Venus 2d, 

 Venus 3d, Henrietta 2d, Jessie 2d, Gertrude Wilton, 

 Bramble 2d, Buth Wilton, Bosabella Wilton, Lady 

 C, and Floss — all daughters of Lord Wilton. 



In pursuance of his agreement to allow Mr. Clark 

 to select a few heifers for his own herd, Mr. Earl 

 after first reserving Venus and Henrietta allowed 

 his agent to make. a choice of all the rest, Clark 

 selected Peerless and she proved one of the pillars 

 of his fortune as a cattle breeder, as will appear 

 later. Choice was then alternated until Clark got 

 eight head, all taken over at the cost price. 



In this historic importation was also included the 

 famous Carwardine breeding cow Tiny, mother of 

 Sir Bartle Frere and Clark's Anxiety 3d, and good 

 cows from Philip Turner's, George Childs', T. D. 

 Burl ton's, and other leading herds. 



Garfield. — ^While the object of the purchase and 

 importation of so many Lord Wiltons was to take 

 advantage of the existing popularity of that blood, 



