Longhorn Cattle: tlieir Hi stury and Peculiarities. 4G7 
14 lbs. to the stone, or 18 score 4 lbs. per quarter. Another 
noted breeder of early days was Mr. Richard Astley, who lived 
at Odstone Hall, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, which pro- 
perty had been in his family for some generations, and where 
at one time resided John Bradshaw, who was President of 
the court by which Charles I. was tried. Mr. Astley was a 
large exporter of Longhorns to Ireland, where several of his 
bulls were in great favour ; but he will perhaps be best re- 
membered as the owner of the celebrated cow which was 
exhibited all over the country in a van. No doubt she was 
a very first-class animal, and it is a pity that her pedi- 
gree, as well as that of other of Mr. Astley's celebrities, has 
not been preserved. This, perhaps, is the more wonderful, as 
Mr. Astley was for many years a member of the Smithfield 
Club, in fact, from the time of its commencement until 1832, 
when he was the father of the club. He was a large buyer at 
the Rollright sale, and dipped deeply into the " Shakespeare " 
blood ; but farther than that I have been able to obtain no 
record of how his herd was bred. The Knowles's, Thomas and 
William, of Nailstone, near neighbours, were partners with 
him in the Rollright purchases ; and Mr. Green, of Odstone 
Hall, was a fellow-breeder. Amojigst others distinguished as 
Longhorn men of that date were Mr. Munday, of Market- 
Eaton, whose herd gave a curious example of the difference, as 
regards milking properties, to be found in cows of the same 
breed, and near relations. He had two, own sisters, with only 
a year's difference in the age. One, named " Thistle," made 
her 17 lbs. of butter a week ; the other, named " Truelove," 
stopped short at 5. As may be anticipated, one was always 
very low in condition, and the other fie for the butcher. Mr. 
Munday kept a large herd in his park. 
Mr. Cox, of Braisford, was owner of a herd both large and 
select, and was also breeder of the famous bull " Tippoo." Mr. 
Smith, of Foremark Park, was also a large owner ; but not like 
most of his neighbours, a cheese-maker ; nor was Mr. Harvey, 
who found rearing the calves with their dams more profitable. 
Besides these, there were Mr. Francis Benchfield, of Alton Hall ; 
Mr. Robert Leigh, of Borough Fields ; and Mr. Greaves, of 
Ingleby, all well known for the excellence of their cattle. 
Mr. Thomas Satchwell, of Heinfield, near Birmingham, has 
a herd now that must have been founded at a very early date. 
He used bulls from Wroxall and Rollright, and also a bull by 
Mr. Horton's " Old Conqueror, " the first-prize animal at the 
Oxford Show in 1839. Mr. Setchwell was also a large prize- 
taker at other Shows. The Wroxall herd dates back at least to 
the middle^ of the last century. The uncle of the present Mr. 
Nicholas Taverner had a sale at Fenny Drayton in 1794. He 
