104 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



April, 1832, for 3. She had seven crosses of 

 registered bulls on a foundation laid in the 

 herd of Mr. Dobinson. Bates claimed that 

 through this heifer (Wild Eyes) he got "the 

 only good blood (Dobinson's) that the Colling 

 herds did not contain." Her sire, Emperor 

 (1974), was sold to the Russian Government. 

 At the date of the Kirklevington dispersion 

 sale this was the most numerous sort in the 

 herd. 



The Cambridge (Red) Roses. Of this strain 

 was 2d Hubback and Red Rose 13th the Cam- 

 bridge prize cow previously mentioned. It 

 came into the herd early through Red Rose 

 1st of Mr. Hustler's breeding (by Yarborough), 

 daughter of the American Cow, whose history 

 is given in a preceding chapter. Red Rose 5th 

 of this family produced to Belvedere Rose of 

 Sharon, imported by the Ohio Company, and 

 ancestress of the American tribe of that name. 

 Under the name of Cambridge and Heydon 

 Roses and Rose of Sharons the descendants of 

 the Cambridge premium cow subsequently be- 

 came the subject of extensive speculations on 

 both sides the Atlantic. 



Foggathorpe family. The original Fogga- 

 thorpe cow cost Mr. Bates 113 at Mr. Henry 

 Edward's sale at Castle Howard in 1839. She 

 was a roan, nearly ten years old at the time of 

 the purchase. She was thought to resemble 



