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there was also bought from John Price at 600 

 guineas the bull calf Garfield 7015, by Quickset 

 6853, he by Eegulus by Sir Roger by Sir Thomas, 

 out of Plum 7016 by Challenge 1561. He had been 

 first in the calf class at the Royal show, was clearly 

 the best of his year in England, and in America de- 

 veloped pronounced substance and prepotency, be- 

 coming widely celebrated as a bull-getter. He had 

 not the finish of Sir Bartle Frere, but presented all 

 those enduring qualities that had made the Here- 

 fords famous — good bone, deep flesh, a rugged mas- 

 culinity, and an iron constitution. He was main- 

 tained in service at Shadeland until his death, and 

 made his greatest success as a cross upon Sir Bartle 

 Frere heifers. The famous Earls of Shadeland were 

 all sired by Garfield, the greatest of them being 

 Earl of Shadeland 22d 27147, a fine show bull and a 

 good sire that left among other fine daughters in 

 the herd Shadeland Cora, Sunflower 2d, Sunflower 

 3d, and Shadeland Daisy. 



John Lewis, Herd Mana-ger. — In June, 1883, John 

 Lewis came out from Herefordshire, and shortly 

 after entered the service of Earl & Stuart. Bom 

 in the parish of Eaton Bishop, on Nov. 6, 1833, he 

 had for some years been farming on his own ac- 

 count, breeding a few good cattle and occasionally 

 competing successfully at local shows. Charles B. 

 Stuart and Mr. Lewis made a good combination. 

 Stuart possessed one of the keenest minds ever at- 

 tracted to cattle-breeding problems in the United 

 States. Although a lawyer by profession, he be- 



