SHORTHORN 



HEEDS OF ENGLAND 



CHAPTER I. 



The Yorkshire Herds. Wetherby Grange and its Associations. 

 Moor Park. SwarcUffe. Studley. Carperby. 



Since the days when the names of the brothers Colling and 

 Mr. Christopher Mason made Durham famous as a cattle breeding 

 County, the honour of producing most of the celebrated short- 

 horns of the past half century has fallen to breeders in the County 

 of Yorkshire, and in a work of this description it is but natural 

 that one of those historical birthplaces of shorthorns, Warlaby or 

 Wetherby, should be the first visited. The quiet town of 

 Wetherby, where the " Great Yorkshire " held its meeting in '68, 

 was our first destination. Being the month of November, it began 

 with the usual dull, quiet day, ending with rain : wending our way 

 over the bridge across the River Wharfe, we arrive at Mr. Taylor's 

 house, and many will know that 'tis but to cross the road and we 

 are on what may be fitly termed the " native heath " of the 

 Duchesses, so far as the present generation of shorthorn breeders 

 are concerned. 



