320 Rise and Progress of Shorthorns. 



of Barningham. It was from his sort that there sprang the " okl 

 yellow cow by 'Punch,'" which was grand-dam of " the white 

 heifer that travelled." The Maynards were also in the front 

 rank, and it became their sound family custom to pitch eight 

 bullocks and as many heifers in Darlington market, on the first 

 Monday of March, as a sample of the Eryholme pastures. The 

 bullocks were from four to five years old, with fine, wide horns, 

 good bone, and very deep flesh; and they were keenly looked 

 out for, year after year, on the pavement opposite the King's 

 Head. Maynard's " Favourite " tribe was very early in repute, 

 and Charles Colling (who had previously picked up his " Cherry " 

 or " Peeress " tribe in Yarm market) never rested till he had 

 bought the cow and her calf, " Young Strawberry," by Charge's 

 " Dalton Duke" (188). He then changed the cow's name to 

 " Lady Maynard," and it was upon her tribe that he used the 

 Galloway or "alloy blood," through grandson of " Bolingbroke," 

 (280), which made the highest average in its hour of trial at 

 Ketton. Her descendants were also crossed most successfully 

 with " Foljambe " (263), the sire of " Phcenix," the dam of the 

 bull " Favourite " (252), who was in his turn the sire of the 

 thousand-guinea " Comet" (155). " Hubback " (319) has always 

 been considered the great regenerator of Shorthorns ; but he did 

 not do Charles Colling so much good as " Foljambe," who was 

 from a " Hubback " cow, and he was parted with at the end of 

 two seasons. 



The aim of the Brothers Colling was to reduce the size and 

 improve the general symmetry and flesh-points of their beasts. 

 "Beauty," sister to "Punch" (531), had spread their fame 

 beyond the county ; and in 179U " the Durham Ox," by " Fa- 

 vourite " (252) came out first at Darlington with his half-sister 

 of the " Duchess " tribe. The latter was quite as great a wonder 

 in her way, and confirmed Mr. Bates's fancy for the sort which 

 was hereafter to be linked with his name. The subsequent 

 travels of the Ox brought a large bull trade to Ketton and 

 Barmpton. It would have been strange if they had not, as his 

 live-weight was 216 stones of 14 lbs., and that not got by un- 

 wieldly bulk, but by the ripeness of all his points. He ulti- 

 mately dislocated his hip and was slaughtered, and, curiously 

 enough, his show career ended at Oxford, where, nearly a third 

 of a century later, that of the Royal Agricultural Society began. 



Even at the Ketton sale in 1810 the taste for shorthorns 

 was confined within a narrow compass, as Durham, \orkshire, 

 Lincolnshire, Northumberland, and Westmoreland were the 

 only counties which purchased. Some of the few survivors of 

 the assembly on that day still speak of " Comet " as the most 

 symmetrical bull the}' have ever seen. He was not very large, 



