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 A MASTER OF ARTS 



That bright-eyed, brilliant-minded Northumbrian 

 there, with the curly locks, in his day had little 

 patience with his contemporaries. He bought the 

 only cow really worth having in all England accord- 

 ing to his way of thinking from CHARLES COLLING 

 in 1804, and from her bred a race of cattle that 

 not only gained great renown during the lifetime of 

 their creator, but after his death became the subject 

 of almost frenzied international financial operations. 



It is now three and twenty years since I stood 

 at the grave of this man, THOMAS BATES, in the 

 little churchyard at Kirklevington, near Yarm, in 

 Yorkshire, and copied into a note book from the 

 modest monument that marks his last resting place 



this inscription: 



This Memorial 

 of 



THOMAS BATES 



of Kirklevington 

 One of the most distinguished breeders of 



Shorthorn Cattle 

 Is Raised by a Few Friends Who Appreciate 



His Labors For the Improvement of 



British Stock and Respect His Character 



Born 21st June, 1776 Died 26th July, 1849 



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