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(2281), for which he paid 15 10s. Bates called 

 her Matchem Cow. Her sire was the same 

 Mason-bred bull whose blood had been previ- 

 ously introduced into the Booth herd at Kil- 

 lerby. Her dam was by the Princess bull Young 

 Wynyard (2859). Her breeding back of this 

 has not been traced, but she must have shown 

 conclusive evidence of pure Short-horn de- 

 scent; for, as has been well said of Mr. Bates, 

 " he trusted very much to the evidence of his 

 eye, which, considering the subsequent excel- 

 lence of his stock and the great impulse of de- 

 cided improvement they have given to all cattle 

 with which they have come to be paired, must 

 have had within it the light of decided genius." 

 At nine years of age Matchem Cow produced at 

 Kirklevington a bull by Short Tail (2621), and 

 in 1838 another by the same sire. These two 

 roan bulls, recorded as Cleveland Lad (3407) 

 and Cleveland Lad 2d (3408), were used in the 

 herd and constituted the Oxford outcross upon 

 the Duchesses. Bates had always denounced 

 the Mason blood, with which the Matchem Cow 

 was doubtless well filled, but the progeny of the 

 cow by his own bulls satisfied him nevertheless, 

 and the Cleveland Lads were not only used as 

 stock bulls, but her daughters, Oxford Premium 

 Cow and Oxford 2d, were retained and became 

 the ancestresses of the tribe since known as the 



