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Masterman's Bull (422), Paddock's Bull (477), 

 William Robson's Bull (538), Sir James Penny- 

 man's Bull (601), Jacob Smith's Bull (508), T. 

 Smith's Bull (609), Snowdon's Bull (612), sire of 

 Hubback (319); Studley White Bull (627), got 

 by Studley Bull (626); Waistell's Bull (669), the 

 same as Robson's Bull (558) ; and Walker's Bull 

 (670), the same as Masterman's Bull (422), by 

 Studley Bull (626). 



Of the cows contemporary with the bulls we 

 have named few, if any, are recorded in either 

 the first or subsequent volumes. We can, 

 therefore, only infer that the cows were equally 

 as well and carefully bred as the bulls. Cattle 

 fairs (not shows in the sense of our modern ex- 

 hibitions), where beasts were taken to market 

 for sale, were then, as now, common in Eng- 

 land, and probably many well-bred cows and 

 heifers were brought there for sale by their 

 breeders and owners. These were doubtless 

 taken by breeders of good cattle when the blood 

 and quality were considered satisfactory and 

 bred to the best bulls. From such market 

 cows descended the more immediate ancestors 

 of many celebrated Short-horns. It is no dis- 

 paragement to those nameless cows that such 

 is the fact, as very few pedigrees can now be 

 traced by name on the female side beyond the 

 year 1780, and but comparatively few beyond 

 the year 1800. 



