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no proof, it may be doubted, unless the " common " cows of 

 the neighborhood were all short-horns, as his portrait shows 

 the full points, ripeness and refinement of a thorough bred. 



Colling kept the steer till five years old, and called him the 

 "Durham Ox." In February, 1801, he sold him to a Mr. 

 Bulmer, to be tak^n around the country for exhibition. At that 

 time, his live weight was 3,024 pounds his weight of beef, hide 

 and tallow, if dressed, was computed to be 2,352 pounds; and 

 this extraordinary weight did not proceed so much from his 

 great size as from the exceeding ripeness of his points. Mr. 

 Bulmer procured a carriage for his conveyance, and traveled 

 with him only five weeks, when he sold him to Mr. John Day, 

 of Rotherham, in May, 1801, for 250, ($1,250.) Mr. Day 

 traveled with him nearly six years, through most of the counties 

 of England and Scotland, when, in February, 1807, he dislocated 

 a hip bone, and had to be slaughtered. Although he had lost- 

 much flesh, not being killed until April, his carcass weighed as 

 follows : 



Four quarters, . . .2,322 Ibs. 

 Tallow, . . . . 156 Ibs. 



Hide, ...... 142 Ibs. 2, 620 Ibs. 



He was, at his death, eleven years old, and Mr. Day could at 

 one time on his travels have taken 2,000 ($10,000) for him, 

 so much was the ox admired. 



Colling afterwards fed a thorough bred heifer, also got by 

 "Favorite," and sent her out for exhibition. She was called 

 "The White Heifer that traveled," and, as her portrait (Fron- 

 tispiece to Vol. 5, American Short-horn Herd Book,) represents, 

 a creature of wonderful ripeness of points. Her profitable 

 weight, when slaughtered, was estimated at 1,820 pounds, and 

 her live weight at 2,300 pounds. 



The exhibition of these wonderful cattle, aroused public atten- 

 tion to their merits, and raised Charles Colling, as their breeder, 



