66 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



(14). This was called a very evenly-built bull, 

 and he proved exceedingly prepotent, a fact 

 which is not surprising in view of his strong 

 breeding. He traced six times to Thos. Booth's 

 Twin Brother to Ben. Pilot proved a great 

 stock bull in all three of the Booth herds. As 

 already stated, he was also very closely bred:- 

 He was let for a time to Mr. Rennie, but his 

 stock developed such extraordinary merit that 

 he was recalled and freely used. He was a 

 small, compact bull, much inclined to put on 

 flesh. 



As already noted, the herd at Studley was 

 closed out in 1834. This step was greatly re- 

 gretted in later years by Mr. Richard Booth, but 

 Mrs. Lawrence, the proprietress ot Studley, re- 

 quired some of the best pastures for other pur- 

 poses, and there seemed no other course open 

 but a sale of the herd. Mr. Booth then retired 

 to Sharrow, near Ripon, until the following 

 year, when he succeeded to his father's herd at 

 Warlaby. 



John Booth at Killerby. In 1819, upon the 

 occasion of the marriage of his son John (brother 

 to Richard), Mr. Thomas Booth gave up Kil- 

 lerby and a portion of the herd to the former, 

 and removed to his other farm, Warlaby, near 

 Northallerton, taking with him to that place 

 a draft from the Fairholme (or Blossom) and 



