. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. H 1 S T 0 K Y OF H £ K E F 0 R I) C A T T L E 97 SMITIIFIELD SOCIETY, 1805. Mr. Westear's prize ox, fed on oil-cake: Carcass weight pounds. Fat 21U 2,204 pounds. Duke of Bedford's grass-fed ox: Carcass weight pounds. Fat 192 1,253 pounds. Mr. Westear's grass-fed ox: Carcass weight 1,439 pounds. Fat 163 1,002 pounds. The Fourth Sheep Shearing Gathering of the Duke of Bedford commenced on Monda}', June the 18th, 1800. A large attendance was on the ground and the meeting occupied four d
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. H 1 S T 0 K Y OF H £ K E F 0 R I) C A T T L E 97 SMITIIFIELD SOCIETY, 1805. Mr. Westear's prize ox, fed on oil-cake: Carcass weight pounds. Fat 21U 2,204 pounds. Duke of Bedford's grass-fed ox: Carcass weight pounds. Fat 192 1,253 pounds. Mr. Westear's grass-fed ox: Carcass weight 1,439 pounds. Fat 163 1,002 pounds. The Fourth Sheep Shearing Gathering of the Duke of Bedford commenced on Monda}', June the 18th, 1800. A large attendance was on the ground and the meeting occupied four da3's; the time was given almost entirely to the shearing exhibition, sale and renting of sheep on Monday. There dined at the Duke's table 160 persons; in the steward's room, 60, making 220 who dined on Monday, and about the same proportion, 245, on Tuesday; 244 on Wednes- day, and 138 on Thursday. The Duke offered and awarded large pre- miums to those who expended the largest sums in the purchase of pure-bred sheep in the county of Bedford. On the Wednesday, after dinner, Mr. West- car, of Creslow, Bucks, informed the Duke, in the hearing of the whole company, that Mr. Tully, of Herefordshire,, and his friends would produce twenty Hereford oxen at Woburn this time twelvemonth, fresh from the yoke, for one hundred guineas, against twenty of any one breed in England, the Duke of Bedford to ap- point the judges. This offer of a )iet was in- stantly accepted by Sir Thomas Carr, of Bed- ingham, in Sussex, who offered to produce twenty Sussex oxen against them. A friend of Sir Thomas Carr's here inter- fered, requesting explanations, which, in the opinion of very many, did not appear necessary for a plain bet explicitly accepted. A conversation ensued upon fattening tlie oxen, and various other circumstances, on which Mr. Westcar (who declared that Mr. Tully would bet on any fair conditions) retired in order to offer two propositions in favor of Sir Thomas Carr, that if he liked the
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