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and the Booth Red Roses. Another bull which was pur- 

 chased of Robert Colling was Suworow (626), at the disper- 

 sion sale of the Ketton Hall herd in 1810. Booth purchased 

 the bull Albion (14), which proved to be a most excellent 

 sire. Most of his bulls were from the Ceilings' herds. Be- 

 sides the families of Shorthorns mentioned, Thomas Booth 

 was partial to the Strawberry and Bracelet tribes. In 1819, 

 Thomas Booth gave up the Killerby farm and a part of 

 his herd to his son John, and removed to his Warlaby 

 farm, so prominent in Shorthorn history. To another 

 son, Richard, who was on the Studley farm, he had also 

 sold a number of his Shorthorns. 



Other families of Shorthorns which should be associated 

 with the Booth families are the Farewells, the Broughton, 

 Dairy Maids or Moss Roses, Gaudy or Lady Betty sort, 

 Mantilinis and Belindas. 



Perhaps the three most famous show animals bred by 

 Booth were Bracelet and Necklace, twin heifers, sired by 

 Priam (2452) and Lady Fragrant. The twin cows men- 

 tioned proved excellent breeders. The most famous bull 

 used by any of the Booths was Crown Prince (10087), 

 " The bull of all Booth bulls," the one that was to Warlaby 

 what Duke of Northumberland was to Kirklevington, 

 and Champion of England was to Sittyton. Crown 

 Prince was considered too valuable a stock-getter to be 

 fitted for exhibition. 



The Booth family is still interested in the breeding of 

 Shorthorns and the operations of this family will always 

 remain an interesting chapter in the history of Shorthorns. 

 They were prominent in the leading live-stock shows of 

 the country, and undoubtedly the breeding qualities of 

 many of their best cattle were affected by high feeding 

 for exhibition purposes. 



