124 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



his skill and genius recognized as one of the 

 chief sources of Short-horn excellence. He was 

 content, therefore, to leave to younger men the 

 active "pushing" of their favorites. It is said 

 that Richard on his entrance at Warlaby did 

 not at first contemplate any special effort in 

 the line of Short-horn breeding. Unlike his 

 brother John who had the traditional York- 

 shire love for the excitements of the race- 

 course and the hunting field Richard had 

 never been given to active pursuits, and " was 

 only a quiet gig-man" from the early days. 

 Happily for the breed, however, he changed 

 his mind in relation to cattle-breeding and de- 

 voted the remainder of his days to the upbuild- 

 ing of what was beyond all question the most 

 remarkable herd of its time and one of the 

 greatest known in Short-horn history. 



Thomas Booth had left at Warlaby cows of 

 of the Halnaby (Strawberry), Farewell, Blos- 

 som, Broughton, Dairymaid and Christon fami- 

 lies. To this collection Richard added old Isa- 

 bella, by Pilot, then in her sixteenth year but 

 still breeding. Killerby was at this date and 

 for some years afterward in the ascendant so 

 far as public notoriety was concerned. The 

 victories of Bracelet and Necklace, of Manta- 

 lini, Ladythorne, Birthday and Hamlet had 

 drawn all eyes upon the work of John Booth, 

 but Richard of Warlaby was meantime buck- 



