TYDDESLEY R DAVIS (BRITISH, FL. 1820-1857) (3)

together with the ox's horns, with silver adornments and each with a plaque engraved "This horn is of the Wonderful Sussex bred Ox exhibited at the Chichester Xmas cattle Show of fat Stock in 1826 and also in Brighton, he was bred by Mr. DENMAN of Wilmington, fatted by HIS GRACE the DUKE OF RICHMOND and Slaughtered by Mr. HARMER of East Street Brighton, his age was 7 years his Weight 271st 2lbs
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Provenance
The Sussex Cattle Society

Footnote
Sussex Cattle, the breed that is native to the South East of England, became very popular in the early 1800’s as an early maturing beef breed, and so numerous were the herds that the most progressive breeders felt the time had come to found a Breed Society and to publish a Herd Book.

Thus, on 18th November, 1878, a public meeting, was held at The King’s Head, Horsham, for the purpose of considering and promoting the future management of the Sussex Herd and The Sussex Herd Book Society was formed for promoting the breed of Sussex Cattle.

In June 1879,  the first volume of the Herd Book was published, containing entries of Sussex Cattle from 1855 to 1875. It contained the names of breeders and the pedigrees of their animals and the prizes they had won.  Almost 150 years later the annual herd book is still published by The Sussex Cattle Society and the breed continues to be very popular in the South East.

With thanks to The Sussex Cattle Society for their assistance with the catalogue note for this work.