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Thorpe, in the County of Durham, "a short- 

 legged, wide, red cow, with the look of a pure 

 Short-horn." She carried a double cross of the 

 Princess bull Waterloo (2816), and was doubt- 

 less descended all around from a well-bred an- 

 cestry. That she was a cow of marked individ- 

 ual merit seems clear from the fact that s 1 e 

 was one of the five "top" females chosen to be 

 sent to be bred to Norfolk (2377). A heifer 

 (Waterloo 3d) resulted from that service, and 

 she became the ancestress of a fine family of 

 cattle still bearing her name. The Waterloos 

 were for years distinguished for their thick, 

 mellow flesh and furry coats, and during the 

 days when Short-horn fanciers were paying all 

 sorts of extravagant prices the tribe steadily 

 maintained its outstanding merit. Indeed it is 

 doubtful if any other one of the Bates families 

 held its character so persistently for so many 

 years under the stress of continued line breed- 

 ing. Further evidence of the original excel- 

 lence of the Waterloos is afforded by the fact 

 that Waterloos 12th and 13th were the only 

 females bought at the Bates dispersion by two 

 shrewd Scottish breeders in attendance, viz., 

 Amos Cruickshank of Sittyton and W. Hay of 

 Shethin. 



Wild Eyes Tribe. This family traces de- 

 scent from a roan heifer calf bought at a sale 

 made by Mr. Parrington at Middlesbrough in 



