Award of Live-Stock Prizes at Reading. 
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Frederick Platt, Barnby Manor, Newark, Notts : the Beserve Number anci 
Highly Commended for " Prettymaid 4th ;" was calvtd March 17th ; bred 
by himself; sire, Hartinijton "(5358) ; dam, " Prettymaid," by "Horace" 
(3877) ; g. d., " Ahce Grey 3rd," by " Sir Ricliard " (34G0) ; gr. g. d., 
" Alice Grey 2nd," by " Marmaduke 2nd " (2632). 
Hereford Cow and two of her offspring.] 
Robert William Hall, Ashton, Leominster : First Prize, 20Z., for " Lovely 
1st:" was calved March 31st, 1876 ; sire, "Preceptor" (4030); dam, 
" Vanity," by " Artist " (2934) ; g. d., " Dainty," by " Ashton " (1500) ; 
gr. g. d., " Nutty," by " Uncle Tom " (1107). " Theodora " and " Doro- 
thea " were calved September 28th, 1881 ; sire, " Lord Wilton " (4740) ; 
all bred by himself. 
The Earl of Coventry, Croome Conrt, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire : 
Second Prize, 10/., for "Giantess;" was calved July 4th, 1872; sire, 
"Sir Roger" (4133); dam, " Haidee," by " Battenhall " (2406); g. d., 
Diana," by " Carbonel " (1525) ; gr. g. d., " Young Dainty," by " The 
Doctor" (1083). " Britannia " was calved December 30th, 1875 ; sire, 
" The Doctor " (5045) ; both bred by Mr. Tud.tje, Adiorton, Leintwardine. 
" Golden Treasure" was calved May 25th, 1878 ; sire, "Marechal Niel " 
(4760) ; bred by himself. 
John Morris, Lulham Madley, Hereford : Reserve Number and Eighly Com- 
mended ibr " Cambria 3rd ; " was calved August 22nd, 1877 ; sire, " The 
Young Obadiah " (5652) ; dam, " Cambria," by " Stow " (3478) ; g. d., 
"Hampton," by "Interest" (2046); gr. g. d., "Noke," by "Dutiful" 
(1978). "Chatty" was calved April 4th, 1881; sire, "Marlborough" 
(5451). Bull calf was calved April 15th, 1882; sire, "Tennis" 
(6218) ; all bred by himself. 
Devon Bulls calved in either 1876, 1877, or 1878. 
Viscount Falmouth, Tregothnan, Probus, Cornwall : First Prize, 20Z., for 
" Sir Michael" (1646) ; was calved September 17th, 1877 ; bred by him- 
self ; sire, " Sirloin " (1443) ; dam, " Water Lil v " (5050), by " Jonquil " 
(1131); g. d., "Watercress" (4006), by "Sunflower" (937); gr. g. d., 
" Cheesewring " (2572a), by " Protector" (711). 
Alfred C. Skinner, Pound Farm, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton : Second Prize, 
101., for " Fancy's Eobin" (1556); was calved December 23rd, 1877; bred 
by himself; sire, "Master Robin" (1162); dam, "Fancy 3rd "(4478), 
by " Red Prince " (1432) ; g. d., " Fancy 1st " (4476) ; gr. g. d., " Fancy." 
William Rolles Fryer, Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset: the J?eserve 
Number to "Sweet William" (1650); was calved Aucust 24th, 1878; 
bred by Viscount Portman, Bryanston, Blandford ; sire, " Young Palmer- 
ston " (1251) ; dam, " Famous " (4450), by " Duke of Plymouth " (1080) ; 
g. d., " Famous ; " gr. g. d., " Fruitful " (3524), by " Exeter " (1098). 
Devon Bulls calved in the Year 1879. 
Viscount Falmouth, Tregothnan, Probus, Cornwall : First Prize, 20?., for 
"Plum Pudding;" was calved August 30th ; bred bv himself; sire, 
"Sirloin" (1443); dam, "Christmas Rose" (3280), by "Sunflower" 
(937); g. d., "Rosa Bonheur" (3009), by "Corrector" (809); gr. g. d., 
" Picture 4th" (2224), by "Davy's Napoleon 3rd" (464). 
t Given by the Hereford Herd-Book Society. 
