CHAPTER V. 



PALMY DAYS AT KILLERBY AND WAR- 

 LABY. 



The establishment of the Yorkshire and 

 Royal Shows (1838-9) . proved the means of 

 attracting largely-increased attention to the 

 breed, not only throughout Great Britain but 

 in foreign lands as well. Mr. Bates was quick 

 to see the advertising advantages presented, 

 and had carried off high honors at the initial 

 meetings of the National Show at Oxford and 

 Cambridge. His contemporary, John Booth of 

 Killerby, soon followed suit and began a career 

 of conquest in which his brother Richard soon 

 joined that gave the Booth cattle for a long 

 series of years reputation as a heavy flesh- 

 carrying type unequaled by any other in the 

 Kingdom. Prior to that time the Booth herds 

 had been kept mainly for dairy and grazing 

 purposes, most of the males being steered. 

 Their quick-feeding quality rendered them 

 easily susceptible to "training" for show. 



We have already detailed the division of the 

 Killerby Herd that occurred in 1814, at the 



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