156 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Indeed, the "Fawsley Fillpails," with their 

 "beautiful fore quarters, gay carriage, general 

 elegance and strong family likeness," were long 

 recognized on both sides of the Atlantic as 

 constituting a type within the breed almost as 

 distinct as those to which Bates and the Booths 

 gave their names. A marked uniformity was 

 attained by the interbreeding of several differ- 

 ent tribes. The Eosys sprang from a cow of 

 that name, bred by Mr. Barker of Richmond; 

 the Rubys were obtained from a cow of Hon. 

 C. Arbuthnot's breeding; the Primroses came 

 from the old Charge stock; the Quickleys from 

 a cow called Valuable, bought from Maj. Bower, 

 and the Walnuts from a Booth foundation. 

 After a dash of Booth through the bulls Argus 

 (759) and Swing (2721) and a cross from Rob- 

 ertson, of Ladykirk through Caliph (1774), the 

 process of crossing the descendants of these 

 foundation dams was begun ; among the Faws- 

 ley-bred sires used in this concentration being 

 the noted Ruby bulls Grey Friar (9172) and 

 Little John (4232). A new element came in 

 through the Arbuthnot cow Sylph (ancestress 

 of the celebrated Charmer and Sweetheart 

 families), bought especially to breed a bull 

 from. To a service by Little John she pro- 

 duced Fawsley (6004), a sire that was exten- 

 sively used. The successful inbreeding of these 

 strains was followed by a well-considered cross 



