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Shorthorns  in  Scotland  and  Ireland. 
at  Kingsfort,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Claud  Cole  Hamilton.  The  sire  at 
present  in  use  is  “King  Ludovic”  (41,758),  hired  from  Warlaby. 
The  county  of  Longford  was  one  of  the  first  inland  counties  into  which 
Improved  Shorthorns  were  introduced.  Mr.  Fox,  of  Fox  Hall,  obtained  a 
few  selected  for  him  in  England  by  Mr.  Wetherell.  Among  the  number 
were  “ Moss  Rose,”  by  “Matcham,”  the  foundress  of  the  “ Louisa  ” family, 
and  the  bull  “ Second  Comet  ” (5101),  calved  in  1833.  “ Mason  ” blood 
predominated  in  the  herd,  which  was  dispersed  in  1844,  several  of  the 
animals  having  been  bought  on  commission  for  English  breeders.  Some 
years  afterwards,  the  Hon.  Harman  King  Harman,  the  Rev.  F.  Gregg,  and 
Mr.  Bole,  formed  herds,  and  it  is  probable  a portion  of  Mr.  Fox’s  stock  had 
been  bought  by  these  gentlemen.  The  only  herd  of  importance  now  in  the 
county  is  that  owned  by  Mr.  Bole.  Through  the  dispersion  of  the  Hon. 
Harman  King  Harman’s  herd  in  1874  the  county  sustained  great  loss,  for 
while  it  existed  it  was  a most  valuable  source  of  good  blood.  He  made  it 
a practice  to  give  bulls  on  loan  to  his  tenants,  bringing  them  back  after  a few 
years  to  be  fattened;  and  in  this  way  a great  boon  was  conferred  on  the 
district. 
Among  the  first  in  the  county  of  Roscommon  to  breed  Shorthorns  was  the 
late  Mr.  Ffolliott,  of  Hollybro'ok,  Boyle.  He  procured  some  of  the  Chilton 
cattle,  and  was  one  of  the  first  in  Ireland  to  use  pure  Booth  bulls.  He  held 
a sale  of  Shorthorns  in  1832,  and  some  of  the  young  animals  then  disposed  of 
were  got  by  Booth’s  “Volunteer”  (1553)  and  “Augustus”  (1662),  and 
Mason’s  “ Monarch  ” (2324).  It  has  been  noticed  that  Mr.  Robert  Holmes 
hired  “Volunteer’’  and  “Augustus;”  and  it  is  believed  that  Mr.  Ffolliott 
either  had  a turn  of  these  bulls,  or  had  been  associated  with  Mr.  Holmes  in 
the  hiring.  In  1850  Mr.  Ffolliott  had  another  sale,  when  the  majority  of  the 
animals  sold  belonged  to  the  Chilton  “ Lady  Sarah  ” and  “ Ruth,”  and  the 
“ Medora,”  by  “ Bagdad,”  tribes.  Among  the  sires  in  use  before  that  sale 
was  Mr.  Wiley’s  “ Marquis  of  Chandos,”  got  by  Booth’s  “ Buckingham.”  The 
herd  was  continued  by  Colonel  Ffolliott,  son  of  the  late  Mr.  Ffolliott,  and  his 
stock  now  includes  very  good  representatives  of  the  Holmes  “ Victoria”  and 
“ April  Daisy  ” tribes,  and  also  of  the  “ Miss  Mary  ” and  “ Gerty  ” sorts, 
procured  at  Windsor  in  1877. 
The  earliest  noted  breeders  in  the  county  of  Fermanagh  were  the  late  Mr. 
H.  M.  Richardson,  of  Rossfad,  and  the  late  Mr.  N.  M.  Archdale,  of  Crock- 
nacrieve,  whose  herds,  formed  about  thirty  or  thirty-five  years  ago,  consisted 
principally  of  strains  obtained  from  Mr.  Fox,  of  Fox  Hall,  and  Mr.  Douglass, 
of  Athelstaneford.  In  Mr.  Richardson’s  herd  many  good  animals  were  bred, 
including  the  fine  cow  “ Alma,”  the  dam  of  Mr.  Chaloner’s  “ Anchor.”  The 
Athelstaneford  “Jenny  Linds”  were  long  famous  at  Crocknacrieve,  where  a 
fresh  and  promising  herd  has  been  established  by  Captain  Archdale,  from 
which  a very  useful  crop  of  young  bulls  is  disposed  of  annually  by  private 
bargain,  and  at  the  Dublin  Spring  Show  and  Sale.  Mr.  John  Madden,  of 
Roslea  Manor,  started  a herd  at  a later  date,  and  had  some  very  well-bred 
cattle,  including  the  valuable  bull  “ Heir  of  Lothian  ” (28,841),  bred  by 
Mr.  E.  J.  Smith  at  Islanmore,  which  did  a great  deal  of  good  in  the  district, 
he  having  been  used  there  for  six  years. 
At  Leslie  Castle,  Glaslough,  Co.  Monaghan,  the  property  of  Sir  John 
Leslie,  Bart.,  a herd  of  well-bred  Shorthorns  has  been  maintained  for  nearly  a 
quarter  of  a century ; and  from  it  a great  many  excellent  animals,  well  calcu- 
lated to  improve  the  stock  amongst  which  they  were  put,  have  been  spread 
throughout  the  country.  The  first  sale  was  held  in  1855,  while  in  1867 
Mr.  Carr  conducted  another  sale  at  Glaslough ; among  the  tribes  represented 
in  the  catalogue  on  the  latter  occasion  being  “ some  of  great  celebrity,  con- 
nected with  the  names  of  the  late  Earl  Ducie,  Lady  Pigot,  and  Mr.  Mason  of 
