126 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



was to Warlaby what Duke of Northumberland 

 was to Kirklevington or Champion of England 

 to Sittyton. 



Faith, Hope and Charity. It was not until 

 1846 that Warlaby closed in earnest with the 

 ruling ring-side powers of the United Kingdom. 

 John Booth was out with a strong herd, includ- 

 ing Necklace, Birthday, Mantalini, Gem and 

 Hamlet the latter regarded by John Booth as 

 the best bull ho ever bred c It was a significant 

 fact that one of Richard's earliest ventures in 

 the show-field had been made with a roan cow 

 called Faith, of the Farewell family She was 

 a large and excellent cow, but somewhat mas- 

 culine, and could only get a second against 

 Necklace at the Yorkshire meoting, but her 

 name represented the foundation upon which 

 Warlaby built for the future implicit confi- 

 dence in the value of the blood combinations 

 there at work. From Faith sprang Hope in 

 the form of a roan daughter of that name got 

 by the white bull Leonard that went to the 

 Yorkshire Show in 1845 as a two-year-old and 

 there became one of the first of a long and 

 truly regal line of Warlaby winners. 



In 1846 Richard Booth made his bow at the 

 Royal, held that year in the Tyneside Country, 

 near Newcastle. Bracelet and Necklace were 

 there, but fortunately had graduated into the 

 class for " extra stock." Leonard's daughter 



