646 Report on the Exhibition of Live- Stock at Shrewsbury, 1884. 
Coventry, and " Prince," bred and exhibited by Mr. Duck- 
ham, M.P., commanded favourable notice. 
An excellent class of last year's Bulls had at its head Mr. Tay- 
lor's " Maidstone," by a son of " Lord Wilton," from a daughter 
of the Society's first-prize bull " Tredegar," combining size and 
quality, and from present appearances likely to make a name in 
the future. He met the select of his own age in the Hereford- 
breeding district, and conquered ; and at the Essex County 
Society's Show was pitted against " Archibald," and in that 
unequal contest placed second ; but his day is to come, unless 
disappointing change (always possible in a yearling of such 
vigorous growth) should falsify the promise of his present 
appearance. 
The influence of " Horace," one of the most remarkable 
Hereford sires of recent years, will be historically classed with 
that of "Sir David," and with " VValford's " influence. Its 
power is in some measure exemplified in the second-prize bull 
in this class, whose not very pleasant name seems intended as 
an index to the names of his maternal grandsire and his own 
sire. "Anxiety Arthur" is a son of " President Arthur," whose 
sire and dam's sire were both sons of " Horace," and his dam 
was by "Anxiety," first in his class at Liverpool, and again at 
Kilburn. There is "President Arthur's" unmistakable impress 
in the thick, square, loggy body, and "Horace," his mark, in 
the layer of lean-flesh along the back. 
Mr. VV. Tudge's " Leinthall," a very promising son of " Auc- 
tioneer " and " Roseleaf," makes a good third, and is closely 
related to the second- and third'prize bulls in the next class but 
one preceding. His dam, a handsome and heavy-fleshed cow, 
appeared in the Dairy Class, and looked as if she can fill the 
pail as well as she can pack on the beef. Mr. Hughes's " Ser- 
geant-Major," by " Rudolph," Mr. Arkwright's " Chesterfield," 
of the noted family of " Ivington Lass," Mr. Rees Keene's 
" Revival," Mr. Nott's " Conqueror," and about half-a-dozen 
other bulls in this class did really great credit to the breed, for 
a breed is in a good way when it can show so many young bulls 
of high character. 
The two bulls of the first-prize pair, calved in 1883, Mr. 
Arkwright's " Hampton Court " and " Gambit," are both sons 
of his prize bull " Conjuror," from cows by " Ivington Boy." 
The second winners, " General Gordon " and " Hamlet," bred 
by the late Mr. T. J. Carwardine, and exhibited by his executors, 
are sons of " Sir Bartle Frere," the well-known young bull sold 
at a very high price for exportation, after great success in the 
Showyard. " Sir Bartle Frere " is a son of " Lord Wilton." 
