THOMAS BATES AND THE DUCHESSES. 109 



page of the catalogue is herewith reproduced 

 from a copy now yellow with age in the pos- 

 session of the author. 



But five families Duchesses, Oxfords, Water- 

 loos; Wild Eyes and Foggathorpes were in- 

 cluded in the herd at date of sale. Nothing of 

 an historical or descriptive nature was given in 

 the catalogue, either in the shape of foot-notes 

 or introductory matter. No illustrations were 

 attempted, and the peculiar form of printing 

 pedigrees, to which British breeders still cling, 

 was used as follows: 



FOURTH DUKE OF YORK (10167), roan, calved December 22, 1846; 



got by Second Duke of Oxford (9046) , 

 dam (Duchess 51st) by Cleveland Lad (3407), 

 g. d. (Duchess 41st) by Belvedere (1706), 

 gr. g. d. (Duchess 32d) by 2d Hubback (1423), 

 gr. gr. g. d. (Duchess 19th) by 2d Hubback (1423), 

 gr. gr. gr. g. d. (Duchess 12th) by The Earl (646), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. (Duchess 4th) by Ketton 2d (710), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. (Duchess 1st) by Comet (155), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. by Favorite (252), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. by Daisy Bull (186), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. by Favorite (252), 

 gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. d. by Hubback (319) , by J. 



Brown's Red Bull (97). 



A darker hour for the placing of a fine herd 

 of cattle upon the market could scarcely have 

 been chosen. At the Oxford Royal, a decade 

 previous, Mr. Bates had been offered 400 guin- 

 eas each for his prize animals, and at that 

 period he could doubtless have named his own 

 price for the Duke of Northumberland, but 

 times had meantime undergone a serious 



