Arnold Caddy Memorial Challenge Trophy

First presented in 1951. The Arnold Caddy Memorial Challenge Trophy for the Junior Champion Red Poll Bull was established by the Victorian branch of the Red Poll Cattle Breeders' Association to acknowledge Arnold Caddy's work for the Red Poll breed in Australia. Major Arnold Caddy was highly respected in cattle and sheep breeding circles in Victoria. This was a second career as he had started his working life as a medical practitioner including a posting for the Royal Navy in Calcutta as Deputy Inspector-General of H. M. Hospitals and Fleets. He was in India for more than 20 years. Caddy made a success of breeding Red Polls and also contributed to improving agricultural practice. His stud at Tylden, north-west of Melbourne was called Chandpara and he establised it and a Red Poll cattle herd in about 1913. In 1918 Caddy was nominated for the council of the new Red Poll Cattle Breeders’ Association, he was president for nine years. He was made the association’s patron in 1940. Caddy’s knowledge of Red Polls was also recognised by his appointment as judge in Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A. and England.