106 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



the Blanche) family were contained in the herd 

 at the date of its dispersion. 



So-called Bell-Bates tribes. Several fami- 

 lies of Short-horns built up under Kirkleving- 

 ton's wing by Mr, Bates' tenants the Messrs. 

 Bell subsequently shared in the great wave of 

 popularity that finally set in toward the Bates 

 blood. Among these were the Barringtons, 

 Kirklevingtons, Acombs, Darlingtons, Fletchers 

 (or Filberts), Places, Harts, Georgianas and 

 Hudsons. The Messrs. Bell had the use of Kirk- 

 levington bulls, and Mr. Bates himself selected 

 some of the foundation dams. 



Last appearance in show-yard. For years 

 Mr. Bates argued in favor of prizes at shows for 

 family groups, and in 1847, at the urgent re- 

 quest of the Secretary of the Yorkshire Society, 

 he sent the roan Oxford 2d, then eight years 

 old, along with the four youngest of her progeny 

 two bulls and two heifers and also one of 

 her grandsons to the Scarborough meeting. 

 The roan bull 2d Duke of Oxford (9046), then 

 three years old, was included in the lot, and 

 defeated the noted Capt. Shafto (6833), that had 

 been bought by Mr. Parkinson for 325 guineas 

 and was champion bull at the Northampton 

 Royal a few weeks previous. All six of the 

 group sent to Scarborough gained prizes. 



At York in 1848 Bates again exhibited, but 

 without success, receiving but one prize, a sec- 



