500 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



About 1880 when the west began to show such 

 keen interest in th« Herefords, and a little later 

 when the Aberdeen- Angus began their campaign for 

 popular favor in America, Mr. Cochrane imported 

 large numbers of both breeds. While the date above 

 mentioned marked the beginning of his active inter- 

 est in Herefords, he had bought a few "white faces" 

 from Frederick William Stone in the '60 's, and he 

 was the breeder of the cow Necklace 4th 1519, which 

 was sold to G. E. Shores of Waterville, Me., and 

 produced in the latter 's hands the cow Empress 

 2078. Empress was sold to J. S. Hawes and became 

 the mother of the great show bull Fortune 2080, 

 by Sir Eichard 2d. The Hillhurst shipment from 

 England in 1880 included 49 head selected from the 

 fine old Chadnor Court stock and from the herds of 

 Morris of Lulham, Hill of Felhampton Court, 

 Arkwright of Hampton Court, and Yeomans of 

 Stretton Court. Among them was also the two- 

 year-old prize bull President 8140, bred by Mrs. 

 Edwards at Wintercott and sired by Royalist 2336 

 out of Plum 3d by Commander 3209. 



In 1881 Mr. Cochrane personally selected a second 

 lot, including some good cows and heifers' of the 

 fine old Rarity, Delight and Lovely strains from the 

 Longner Hall sale by the executors of the estate of 

 R. L. Burton. Mr. John Hill of Felhampton Court 

 writing of the presence of Mr. Cochrane as a buyer 

 in Herefordshire at that time said : 



"Very considerable interest has centered in the 

 sale of the Longner Herefords, and extensive pur- 



