40 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



mined to give their cattle a wide reputation 

 through the kingdom, and for that purpose 

 Charles prepared the Durham Ox for public ex- 

 hibition. As this ox achieved a wide reputation 

 and successfully drew the merits of the Short- 

 horns to the attention of the cattle-breeding 

 public, although it has been frequently pub- 

 lished, a full account of him will be repeated. 

 He was among the earliest calves got by Fa- 

 vorite (252), "bred in the year 1796, and out of 

 a common black-and-white cow, bought for 

 Charles Colling by John Simpson, at Durham 

 Fair, for 14 ($70)." Although the dam of the 

 Durham Ox was said to have been "a common 

 cow," yet from the price which Colling paid for 

 her, and the marvelous excellence of the steer 

 descended from her, ifc is altogether probable 

 she possessed much of the "common" Short- 

 horn blood of the vicinity. Judging from her 

 color she was probably not highly bred, but it 

 is certain that she had much quality. This 

 ateer Colling fed up to his greatest flesh-taking 

 capacity until nearly five years old, when he 

 had attained a reputed weight of 3,024 Ibs. 

 He was then purchased to be exhibited by Mr. 

 Bulmer of Harmby, in February, 1801, for 140 

 ($700). Bulmer had a traveling carriage made 

 to carry him through the country, and after 

 traveling and exhibiting him five weeks sold 

 the carriage and ox at Rotherham to John Day 



