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nized their excellence. In the latter part of the last century, such breed- 

 ers as the CoUings (Charles and Robert), Sir Henry Vane, Col. Trotter 

 and Mr. Mason, and — early in the present century — Mr. John Stevenson, 

 Mr. Bates, and Mr. Booth proceeded scientifically and systematically to 

 improve them. Mr. Bates died in 1849, at which time the breed had 

 attained a world-wide celebrity, and this steadily grew, until the extrav- 

 agant sums of $20,000, $30,000 and even $40,000 were bid for single 

 animals. To-day there are none of the cow kind that bring such prices 

 for single animals. 



IV. Wliat Made Them Famous. 

 Youatt and Martin say the circumstance which first brought these 

 wonderful cattle into special notice was the production of the '' Durham 

 ox," which was exhibited all over England, and at the age of eleven 

 years dislocated his hip and was killed, weighing 3,780 pounds, after 

 having been carried from place to place in a "jolting carriage" for 

 seven years, or since he was five years old. In Februarjs 1801, at five 

 years old he weighed 3,024 pounds. This extraodinary weight, our 

 authority says, did not arise from his superior size, but from the excess- 

 ive ripeness of his points. 



V. The BuU Hubback. 



Probably no single animal in the history of Shoi-t-Horns has exer- 

 cised so great an influence for good on this breed as the bull Hub- 

 back. Of him Mr. Youatt says : " The following account of Hubback 

 we had from Mr. Waistell, of Alihill, who, although his name does not 

 appear conspicuously in the Short-Horn Herd Book, deserves much credit 

 for his discrimination here. He used to admire this bull as he rode by 

 the meadow in which he grazed ; and at length att3mT)ted to purchase him. 

 The price asked, 81., seemed much, and the bargain was not struck. 

 Still he longed forthe beast ; nnd happening to meet Mr. Robert Colling near 

 the place, asked his opinion of the animal. Mr. Colling acknowledged 

 that there were good points about him ; but his manner induced Mr. 

 Waistell to suspect that Mr. Colling thought more highly of the bull 

 than his language expressed, and he hastened the next morning, concluded 

 the bargain, and paid the money. He had scarcely done so before Mr. 

 R. Colling arrived for the same purpose, and as the two farmers rode 

 home together they agreed that it should l)e a joint speculation. 



" Some months passed by, and either Mr. AVaistell's admiration of the 

 bull cooled, or his partner did not express himself very warmly about the 

 excellences of the annual, and Messrs. Waistell and R. Colling transferred 

 Hubback to Mr. C. Colling, who, with the quick eye of an experienced 

 breeder, saw the value of the beast. Mr. Waistell expressed to us 



