. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE I'll when Shorthorns and Herefords contended against each other, the Herefords almost in- variably took the first prizes. Mr. Westcar of Creslow, Buckinghamshire, took the first prize with a Hereford twenty years in succession, but subsequently retired from the contest, disgusted with the trickery of Shorthorn breeders who, at length, insisted that Herefords and Short- horns should be put in separate classes—because repeated failures drove them to it. Notwith- standing
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE I'll when Shorthorns and Herefords contended against each other, the Herefords almost in- variably took the first prizes. Mr. Westcar of Creslow, Buckinghamshire, took the first prize with a Hereford twenty years in succession, but subsequently retired from the contest, disgusted with the trickery of Shorthorn breeders who, at length, insisted that Herefords and Short- horns should be put in separate classes—because repeated failures drove them to it. Notwith- standing this, the Herefords took more prizes in steers and oxen from that alteration than Shorthorns, while the cow class in Shorthorns took the majority of prizes because Hereford breeders would not sacrifice their best animals for that purpose. Shorthorn breeders forced their females from birth for show and appear- ance, thus producing barrenness, hence their show cows for the gold medal. This being fash- ionable, a large majority of Shorthorn cows over Hereford could always be found in the show yard, enabling them to win more gold medals under the forcing system. Again, Shorthorn breeders were constantly boasting of early maturity over Herefords, un- til they were obliged to succumb. In 1862 Mr. Heath won the gold medal with a Hereford steer two years old, while there were thirteen Shorthorns from three to five years old in the same class. Soon after this, I believe in 1854, Mr. Shirley showed another two-year-old Here- ford, winning the gold medal under precisely the same circumstances. The following year he did the same. I may be mistaken in the years of Mr. Shirley's triumphs, but these are facts that cannot be denied, for they are on record, and they silenced the traducers of Here- fords, and you heard of no more bragging in print of the early maturity of Shorthorns. Even Allen, Stevens, Tucker and Tom Brown had to knock under and fly to some other plea for Shorthorns. Then t
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