240 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



3d Duke of Oxford, and Jean, by Chevalier. 

 He bred from these for a few years and pos- 

 sessed a few other Short-horns bought from 

 New York State breeders. He maintained the 

 herd, however, but a short time. 



Morris and Becar. Col. L. G. Morris and 

 Noel J. Becar of New York attended the dis- 

 persion sale of the herd of Thomas Bates in May, 

 1850, as repoiied on page 111, and after looking 

 over the cattle determined to invest in the Ox- 

 ford blood. Three cows and heifers of the fam- 

 ily that gave Mr. Bates his Liverpool Royal 

 Champion Cleveland Lad fell to their bidding, 

 viz. : The roan five-year-old Oxford 5th, by Duke 

 of Northumberland; the red-and-white year- 

 ling Oxford 10th, by 3d Duke of York (10166), 

 and her full sister, the roan heifer calf Oxford 

 13th. Col. Morris took the cow and the year- 

 ling, and Mr. Becar the calf. Subsequently Col. 

 Morris bought the roan cow Beauty of Brawith 

 (of B. Wilson's breeding); the red-roan Bloom, 

 by the Booth-bred Sir Leonard (10827), and 

 Romelia, a roan, by Flageolet (8130). He also 

 purchased the red-and-white Bates-bred Balco 

 (9918),* by 4th Duke of York (10167) out of 

 Wild Eyes 15th by 4th Duke of Northumber- 

 land (3649), the first of that tribe to come to 

 America; Lord of Ery holme (12205), a roan of 



* At a later period Balco passed into the possession of Gen. Sol Meredith 

 of Cambridge City, Ind. 



