514 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



arrival that his first idea was to return him to 

 England and have him. resold. Fortunately fot 

 himself and the Bow Park Short-horns better 

 counsel prevailed. It was pointed out that the 

 calf had been badly kept on a farm on the 

 Yorkshire "wolds" and had proved a poor 

 sailor on the Atlantic. He was accordingly re- 

 tained at Bow Park and lived to develop into 

 the crowning glory of that great Short-horn 

 breeding establishment ; known to Short-horn 

 fame for all time to come under the title of 4th 

 Duke of Clarence. He developed all of the best 

 points of Mr. Bates' old type, with few of the 

 defects shown by many of his carelessly-bred 

 relations. Maturing into a massive, mellow- 

 fleshed bull of beautiful quality, grand breed 

 character and commanding presence the 4th 

 Duke was the pride of his day and generation 

 among the adherents of Bates Short-horns in 

 the new world. Mated with the many good 

 cows and heifers imported and bought for the 

 Bow Park Herd, and under the skillful manage- 

 ment of the late John Hope who took charge 

 of the herd in 1878 he sired many valuable 

 cattle that gained high honors in the show- 

 yards of Canada and the United States, con- 

 spicuous among which may be mentioned the 

 celebrated white bullock Clarence Kirkleving- 

 ton, champion of the American Fat-Stock Show 

 of 1884. The 4th Duke proved not only a great 



