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holme or Blossom tribe, the old Booth Red 

 Rose tribe and the Ariadne or Bright Eyes 

 tribe, from which group came some of the best 

 of the Killerby and Warlaby cattle, among 

 others the noted Twin cow (by Albion), her 

 son Navigator and a score of great show cat- 

 tle, including such celebrities as Bloom, Plum 

 Blossom, Nectarine 'Blossom, Venus Victrix, 

 Baron Warlaby and Windsor. 



Some foundation sires. The first Colling 

 bulls were reinforced by the purchase of Su- 

 worrow (636), also of Barmpton breeding, and 

 full of the blood of Hubback and Favorite; and 

 the work of crossing these bulls upon carefully 

 selected cows of different origin was continued. 

 At Charles Colling's sale in 1810 the light roan 

 bull calf Albion (14) was purchased for sixty 

 guineas, and it is said that he effected even 

 greater improvement in the herd than the Ben 

 bulls or Suworrow. His get were uniformly 

 round-ribbed and stood near to the ground. He 

 was intensely bred in the Favorite blood, al- 

 though carrying also a cross of the so-called 

 " alloy" through Washington (674). Another 

 of the early sires was Pilot (496), of Robert 

 Colling's breeding, purchased at the Barmpton 

 sale of 1818 for 270 guineas; also overflowing 

 with the blood of Favorite (252). Still more of 

 the same blood was secured through Marshall 

 Beresford (415), bred by Maj. Bower, a brother- 



