CHAPTER XL 

 PERIOD OF BIG IMPORTS CONCLUDED. 



Due to the great demand for Herefords in the 

 northwest, and growing out of the Swan Land & Cat- 

 tle Co.'s operations, there came a subsidiary corpo- 

 ration, of which Alexander Swan was president and 

 George Morgan general manager. It was known as 

 the Wyoming Hereford Association. This company 

 was formed to import and breed purebred Here- 

 fords, and in March, 1883, landed for quarantine at 

 Baltimore an importation of 146 head of young cat- 

 tle ranging from six months to three years of age. 

 The cattle were selected from the herds of J. H. Yeo- 

 mans of Stretton Court, Samuel Goode of Ivington- 

 bury, Green of Marlow, Crawshay of Cyfartha Cas- 

 tle, -Hughes of Wintercott, Haywood of Blakemere, 

 Smith of Gattertop and Powell of Shenmore. 



Rudolph Bought for $3,500.— This importation 

 is chiefly notable because it was headed by The 

 Grove 3d's famous son Rudolph 13478, bred by 

 Philip Turner, and like most of the other Grove 3d 

 bulls that attained fame out of a Spartan dam — ^the 

 cow Primrose 2d,' afterwards imported to America 

 by George Leigh.* Rudolph was beyond doubt the 



*Mr. Leigh bought Primrose 2d at The Lieen sale In September, 

 1883. She was then due to calve to The Grove 3d and was knocked 

 down at 170 guineas. As she was near to her calving It was deemed 



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