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Herefords the following in particular are of distinction : Fowler 

 12899, by Tregehan ; Anxiety 4th 9904, by Anxiety; Corrector 

 48975, by Harold 21 141 ; Peerless Wilton 12774, by Garfield; 

 Dale 66481, by Columbus 51875 ; Earl of Shadeland 22d 27147 

 and Earl of Shadeland 41st 33478, both by Garfield. After 

 making a study of the winners at the various American Royal 

 and International Exposition shows up to and including 19 17, 



Fig. 112. horna Doone 94479. by Christopher 69072. Grand-champion Hereford 



cow at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, and at various other leading 



exhibitions, and noted as a great specimen of the breed. Bred and owned by 



W. S. Van Natta & Son. From photograph by the author 



L. H. Riggs gives the following,^ as all things considered, the 

 greatest Hereford sires in order of merit: (i) Perfection Fairfax, 

 (2) Beau Donald, (3) Prime Lad, (4) Disturber, (5) Lamplighter, 

 (6) March On 6th, (7) Corrector, (8) Repeater, (9) Benjamin Wilton. 

 Prices paid for Herefords have passed through wide extremes. 

 In their native home the breed has long been valued for export, 

 and prices have generally ruled strong. In 1884 Lord Wilton 

 (4740) sold at auction for ^19,000, but the buyer could not cash 

 his bid, so the bull was later sold to William Tudge and Thomas 

 Fenn for ^5000. In the United States public-auction sales show 



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