474 Longhorn Cattle : their History and Peculiarities. 
bered. At the same Show Mr. R. H. Chapman also won a prize 
with the " Brindled Beauty " — 2 years and 3 months old — a 
daughter of " Old Sparkenhoe " and " Fillpail," beating a polled 
Suffolk for second. 
No cattle were exhibited at Bury St. Edmunds in 1867 ; but 
Leicester in 1868 saw a very fair lot of Longhorns in the yard, 
though there was no special class for them. The Duke of 
Buckingham was first in the open class, winning a 15/. prize 
with " Conqueror,", 4 years and 2 months old, bred by Mr. 
Godfrey, of VVigston Parva ; and Mr. J. H. Burberry carried 
off the 10/. second prize with his 3 years and 3 months bull, 
bred by Mr. Twycross. In the class for cows above 3 years 
old, Mr. R. H. Chapman, of Upton, took the first prize of 
15/. with " Brindled Beauty," 5 years and 3 months old, by 
" Old Sparkenhoe," out of " Fillpail," by " Washington " ; and 
Mr. Godfrey, of Wigston Parva, was second with the 9-year-old 
"Red Rose," by "Perfection," out of "Fillpail," by "Con- 
queror," in-calf and in-milk, getting 10/. ; Sir John Harper 
Crewe's " Lofty," a 7-year-old cow, bred by the Hon. R. Curzon, 
of Hagley Hall, being the reserve numb^'. For heifers in-milk, 
Mr. R. H. Chapman was to the fore again with " Rose of Dish- 
ley," 1 year and 1 month old, by " Earl of Derby," dam 
" Countess of Leicester," by " Sir Richard Warner," of his own 
breeding, and took a 15/. prize ; so that here the curly-coats 
were pretty successful in open competition. They were not so 
plentiful at Manchester in 1869, but in the open class for bulls 
above 1 year old, Mr. R. H. Chapman won 15/. with the 5 years 
and 5 months old " Curzon," by " Hagley Farewell," dam 
" Jackdaw," by " Wyrley Tom," bred by the Hon. R. Curzon ; 
and in cows above 3 years old, Mr. John Godfrey, of Wigton 
Parva, won 15/. with " Daisy," 8 years old, by " Perfection," 
out of " Brigliteye," by " Conqueror." 
At Oxford, in 1870, in the open class for bulls over 1 year 
old, the Duke of Buckingham was placed first, and received the 
15/. prize with "Young Conqueror," 2 years and 11 months, of 
his own breeding, by " Conqueror," out of " Luna," a polled 
Angus being placed second ; and the reserve was Mr. R. H. Chap- 
man's " Earl of Rollright," 6 years and 5 months old, by " Hagley 
Farewell," dam " Jackdaw." In cows above 3 years 6ld, Mr. 
John Godfrey, Wigston Parva, won 15/. with the 6 years and 3 
months old " Red Rose," by " Bosworth Sparkenhoe," out of 
" Daisy " ; a Sussex cow was second ; and Mr. R. H. Chapman 
third, with the now 6 vears old " Brindled Beauty." In the 
heifer class, the Duke of Buckingham won 10/. with "Lady 
Caroline," 1 year and 6 months old, bred by himself, by " Con- 
queror," out of " Lady." His Grace was first in tlie open bull 
