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Shorthorns are less bound by restrictions of colour than are those of any 

 other variety. 



The date since which the Short-horn has had a distinct existence ha> 

 been disputed. The foundations of the breed were assuredly laid many 

 is before it obtained any universal popularity. It certainly existed in 

 the valley of the Tees quite in the early years of the last century, if not 

 before ; and visitors to Durham and Yorkshire, as far back as 1700, 

 i-_ r ht back wonderful stories of the size, weight, and yields of milk, ob- 

 tained from Teeswater cattle. The variety is believed to have been pro- 

 due- d by crossing a very large white breed (of whose origin there is no 

 very definite account but which still lingers in places) with some local 



le which the rich pasture, enjoyed through many generations, al 

 the banks of the Tees, had caused to become unusually fine. The brothers 

 Robert and Charles Colling, of Ketton, have become associated with the 

 reputation of the Short-horn to the entire exclusion of older breedere. 

 When in 1820 a committee was appointed to obtain pedigrees, with a 

 w to establish a herd-book, the committee accepted a connection with 

 Colling's herd as being sufficient to establish the position of any 

 lidate for registration : and comparatively few pedigrees got inserted 

 in the first volume which do not trace to a cow bred by one of the Ales 

 Colling or to an animal bought from them. Their names are thus part 

 and parcel of the pedigrees of the entire breed. 



some years past considerable rivalry has existed between the ad- 



miivrs of two different strains of Short-horned blood to wit, that derived 



u Air. Bates' herd and that which is possessed by the Messrs. Booth. 



:nas Bates, of Kirklevington, dispersed his herd in 1850, at which 



i in -quailed by any other in existence magnificent size, straight 



broad back, arcln-d and well spread ribs, wide bosom, snug slioulders > 



M iirck, light feet, small head, prominent and bright but placid eye; 



ficiently thick to indicate excellent condition, its extraordinary 



ier with the soft furry texture of the coat evidrn, 

 MIL tin- rrllrnt quality of flesh and disposition to rapid 



I'll.- Kooth family h ivo fce^n Ion-- o-lrbrated as breed. -r> of Short-horns, 

 ears th-ir IP rd has b specially famous, not only on ac- 



:' th- numerous honours obtained by it at lh<- national shows, but 

 ii tin- LMvat im|.ruviM-nt which the Booth blood maU-s in a herd. 



fain'-d Booth herd was commenced about 17'.i<), by Mr. Tim: 

 .-, ithwrii f the then existing Short-horns, which he 



ills, am-n_u r which was Twin i 



