38 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



the cow was not bred back to Ben again be- 

 cause a coolness had arisen between the two 

 brothers, and was only served by Bolingbroke 

 simply in order that "she might have a calf of 

 some sort." This may or may not be true, but 

 the fact remains nevertheless that Favorite, 

 with his double infusion of the blood of Fol- 

 jambe and Lady Maynard, represented the first 

 fruit of the application of the policy of in-and- 

 in breeding to Short-horn cattle. Colling sold 

 Bolingbroke when eight years old to Mr. Job- 

 ling for seventy guineas. Vigorous to the last 

 the old bull was killed at Newcastle in 1800, 

 being sold at one shilling per pound. It is said 

 that his stock had, as a rule, red bodies with 

 some white on their faces, thus resembling 

 somewhat in their markings the modern Here- 

 ford. 



Favorite (252) an extraordinary sire. This 

 greatest of all old-time sires was "a large, mas- 

 sive bull of good constitution, with a fine, bold 

 eye, remarkably good loins and long, level hind 

 quarters. His shoulder points stood wide and 

 were somewhat coarse; they protruded into 

 the neck. His horns were long and strong." 

 Coates called him "low in the back." Wais- 

 tell said he was "a grand beast * * * with 

 a good coat and as good a handler as ever was 

 felt." It is said that he resembled his dam, 

 Phoenix, rather than his sire, Bolingbroke. 



