S.-5fe.; 



DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND 



Figure 13. Bates is considered to have won his greatest triumph as a breeder 

 in producing the Duke of Northumberland (1940) from a mating of Duchess 34th 

 with her own sire, Belvidere.* Duke of Northumberland won first prize at the 

 Oxford Royal Show of 1839 and was generally conceded to be the best bull in Eng- 

 land in his time. Without taking the old lithographs too seriously, we may infer 

 from them that Bates was aiming at a compact build, smoothness, and great fine- 

 ness of bone, and that he came near achieving his ideal in Duke of Northumberland. 



*Correct spelling Belvedere. Error in spelling this name noted just before going to press, and too 

 late to change. 



A PRESENT DAY SHORTHORN CHAMPION 



Figure 14. A comparison between the photograph of this bull and the litho- 

 graphs of the Bates' cattle brings out the greater ruggedness of type that has come 

 into favor, even after due allowance is made for the obvious exaggeration of the 

 old illustrations. 



