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properly authenticated information has been obtainable, so that 
the exact number of animals exported cannot be stated. An 
estimate of 3500 seems probably near the mark. Together 
with good stock Herefords in great number, many of the Show- 
yard " invincibles " crossed the Atlantic, and it was the presence 
of so many animals which are quite their peers, that struck the 
visitor at Shrewsbury as very remarkable. 
When the Royal Agricultural Society selected Shrewsbury as 
the meeting-place for 1884, advantage was promptly taken of 
the choice of a town so favourably situated for the exhibition 
of Herefords to give due prominence to the Hereford feature of 
the Show. To the prizes offered by the Society, contributions 
were added by the Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural 
Society, the Hereford Herd-book Society, and a Committee of 
Hereford Breeders, and the number of Hereford Classes was 
extended to thirteen, or two more than the Shorthorns had. 
Ten classes of the two breeds run parallel : those for Aged Bulls, 
and Bulls of 1881-2-3 ; Cows: Three-year-old Cows or Heifers, 
Cows with Offspring, Heifers of 1882-3, and Pairs of Heifers of 
1883. Then the Shorthorns have one class which the Here- 
fords have not, that for the bull with his progeny, the prizes 
being offered by the Shorthorn Society ; but, on the other hand, 
the Herefords have three classes which the Shorthorns have 
not — for Pairs of Bulls calved in 1883, Groups of four Heifers 
calved in 1882, and Groups of four Heifers calved in 1883. 
The numbers entered were : Class 59, Bulls of 1878-9-80, 
5, all shown ; Class 60, Bulls of 1881, 7, all shown ; Class 61, 
Bulls of 1882, 10, one absent; Class 62, Bulls of 1883, 21, 
six absent ; Class 63, Pairs of Bulls of 1883, 9, all shown ; 
Class 64, Cows, 17, three absent; Class 65, Cows or Heifers of 
1881, 6, two absent ; Class 66, Cows with two Offspring, 3, all 
shown; Class 67, Heifers of 1882, 15, one absent; Class 68, 
Heifers of 1883, 21, two absent ; Class 69, Groups of four 
Heifers of 1882, 5, one absent ; Class 70, Groups of four 
Heifers of 1883, 12, two absent ; and Pairs of Heifers calved 
in 1883, 13, one absent. 
Mr. Aaron Rogers, of The Rodd, Kington, has the credit of 
breeding the first- and third-prize bulls in the Aged Class. His 
" Archibald," certainly the first full-aged show-bull of the day — 
" Lord Wilton " being over-aged for competition — is a grandson 
of "Grateful," the Champion bull at Kilburn. "Grateful" 
also was bred by him, and was a son of " Sir Thomas," and 
grandson of " Sir Benjamin," who was bred by Mr. Benjamin 
Rogers, the uncle of Mr. Aaron Rogers. " Archibald " is also 
descended from " Sir Thomas " through " Bismarck," in his 
sire's lineage. The influence of " Sir Benjamin " has been 
