480 Longliorn Cattle : their History and Peculiarities. 
bow-shot." The ' Times,' also, in a leading article of Monday, 
September 16th, 1861, remarks on the peculiarities of the Club, 
one of the greatest of which was ladies joining the gentlemen 
at the dinner-table, saying, " 900 ladies and gentlemen sat down 
to eat and drink under a tent," and called it a " a great Con- 
servative Feast of Tabernacles in a Midland County of England," 
" the classic ground where Richard III. lost his life and his 
crown." The Show was held at Market Bosworth. The Club 
had set the example of ladies dining as early as the year 1853. 
It is pretty plainly proved, that however the Longhorn may 
have sunk in general estimation, there was small chance of his 
dying out in his native district, though Mr. Moscrop's remarks 
tend to show that ten years ago he was very little known beyond 
it, and was perhaps as great a curiosity to the bulk of English 
farmers as a live mastodon would have been. 
The next important event in Longhorn annals to which I 
must allude is the dispersion of Mr. R. H. Chapman's herd at 
Upton in 1873. Founded as early as 1756 by Mr. George 
Chapman, and carefully bred from that date from the very best 
strains of blood that could be procured, they deservedly took 
rank as one of the best, as well as oldest, herds in existence ; 
and with the remembrance of the good qualities inherent in the 
breed, many went there as purchasers to lay the foundation of 
future herds. That sale may therefore be looked upon as a fresh 
starting-point from which the history of the breed will be traced. 
It is well-known that similarity of characteristics in cattle always 
denote purity of race, and careful selections of a recognised type 
during a long course of years is the only way to secure this 
greatly desired effect. Like the Drakelow Baronet, mentioned 
in a former part of this article, and no doubt guided by the 
same principles, the Chapman family succeeded in breeding "a 
dairy of Longhorn cows, alike in colour and shape," for the 
51 offered at Upton showed a remarkable likeness to each other, 
all possessing the orthodox white back and other characteristics. 
A gentleman Avho takes much delight in breeding, but who had 
never seen Longhorns before, was attracted to the Upton sale, 
and after examining them said, " This is indeed a beautiful 
sight." This sale was not only a great success, but it took 
almost the character of a farewell fete given by parsons of all 
degrees, to their old friend and neighbour, Mr. Chapman, who 
was about to remove to St. Asaph, in North Wales. The late 
Earl Howe took the chair, and Mr. J. H. Burberry the vice- 
chair, and nearly every owner of Longhorns in the country was' 
either present himself, or in some way represented there. VVher 
Messrs. Lythall and Clarke came to sum up, an average of 33/ 
per head had been reached, including those animals sold to th( 
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