74 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN OATTLE. 



poses. Both Daisy Bull and Styford are said to 

 have revealed clearly the Hubback character in 

 their hair and handling. 



The Duchess blood. About this time a very 

 substantial legacy was received from an aunt, 

 and this enabled Mr. Bates to go on with his 

 Short-horn breeding. For 100 guineas he 

 bought from Charles Colling in 1804 the cow 

 Duchess, by Daisy Bull (186), then four years 

 old and in calf to Favorite. A heifer from her 

 was also bargained for at sixty guineas, but at 

 Mrs. Colling's request was given up and returned 

 to Ketton. In this cow Bates claimed to have 

 secured not only the best cow in England but 

 the only one then living running direct from 

 Hubback to Favorite. He was very anxious to 

 breed her to Mr. Charles Colling's Duke (224), 

 by Favorite, then going out on hire to a Mr. 

 Gibson, and although promised the service was 

 unable to secure it a fact which led to bad 

 blood between Bates and Colling. In 1805 

 Duchess, by Daisy Bull, produced a bull calf, 

 Ketton (709), by Favorite (252), which was re- 

 tained for subsequent service. She dropped 

 one heifer, Baroness, by St. John (572), but be- 

 coming a "shy" breeder was reluctantly sold 

 to Mr. Donkin of Sanclhoe, and as she did not 

 in his possession settle down to bulls of desired 

 form and quality her other calves (all bulls) did 

 not carry the blood Mr. Bates sought. She was 



