. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE ruined chapel of the fifteenth century; and Fleet Marston, in which parish is Putlowes, formerly mentioned as the rival of Creslow as a feeding pasture^ and a rare tract of grass land stretching away for more than 15 miles along' the valley of the Thames. "Sir Brandreth Gibbs, in his History of the Smithfield Club, mentions an incident of some interest in 1825. There was a sweepstakes be- tween three Herefords belonging to the Duke of Bedford and three Durhams bel
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE ruined chapel of the fifteenth century; and Fleet Marston, in which parish is Putlowes, formerly mentioned as the rival of Creslow as a feeding pasture^ and a rare tract of grass land stretching away for more than 15 miles along' the valley of the Thames. "Sir Brandreth Gibbs, in his History of the Smithfield Club, mentions an incident of some interest in 1825. There was a sweepstakes be- tween three Herefords belonging to the Duke of Bedford and three Durhams belonging to the right honorable Charles Arbuthnot, which was won by the Herefords. '"Mr. Duckham says that from the establish- ment of the Smithfield Club in 1799 to 1851 all the different breeds and cross breeds were shown together, but since that time they have been exhibited in distinct classes, and, as far as can be learned, during the time they were shown to- gether, the Hereford oxen and steers won 185 prizes; the Shorthorns 82; the Devons 44; the Scotch 43, the Sussex 9; the Longhorns 4, and the cross breeds 8 ; thus showing that the whole of the prizes won by all the other breeds and crosses in the Kingdom were 190, or only 5 in excess of the number registered by the Here- fords alone. "Mr. Discan says that during fifty-three years to 1851 the Shorthorns by their females made up considerably to the total of the Here- fords, as they numbered 174 prizes to the Here- fords 207. "It is interesting to know how the Herefords have retained their former renown, by their comparatively youthful prowess at the present day. We find that Mr. Heath showed his grey beast at Birmingham, winning first honors, with a girth of 9 feet 7 inches; and his Hereford cow at three years and ten months measured 9 feet in girth. Mr. Shirley's gold medal steer at two years and seven months girthed 8 feet 7 inches. And he averred that up to seventeen months old he had had only an ordinar
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