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the old Red Rose tribes. The Bracelets were 

 all left for the son at Killerby.* 



The period extending from 1820 down to 

 about 1835 was not characterized by the same 

 widespread interest in Short-horn breeding 

 that had prevailed for twenty-five years pre- 

 vious, and we are without special particulars 

 concerning the Killerby and Warlaby stocks 

 during those years. Fox-hunting seemed of 

 more importance to a goodly section of the 

 Yorkshire farmers than the development of 

 their herds of cattle. Still there were some 

 who remained steadfastly by the work under 

 adverse circumstances, and among these the 

 Messrs. Booth and Mr. Bates were distinguished 

 for their pertinacity and skill. As what may be 

 termed the more modern history of the Booths 

 may be said, therefore, to begin late in the 

 " thirties," we will leave the story of the oper- 

 ations at Killerby and Warlaby at this point to 

 bring down to a similar date (1835) the work 

 undertaken by Thomas Bates and some of his 

 contemporaries. 



* "Killerby is one of the pleasantest of the pleasant homes of England. 

 It is a substantial square manor-houae, picturesquely situated on a gentle 

 eminence to the south of the river Swale, and twv miles from Catterick, the 

 site of the once important Roman camp and city of Cataractonium. The 

 house occupies the site of the ancient castle of Killerby, once a stronghold 

 of great magnitude, founded in the reign of Edward I, by Sir Brian Fitzalan, 

 Earl of Arundel. It is approached by a road winding through verdant pas- 

 tures thrown together in the form of a park, adorned here and there with 

 noble elm and walnut trees. The estate consisted of about 600 acres of 

 arable and pasture land." Carr's History. 



