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THE SHORTHORN 211 



The Cherry tribe began with a cow named Old Cherry, by 

 the Lame Bull (358) at Ketton. A daughter of Old Cherry, 

 by Favorite (252), proved a valuable dam. There has been some 

 difference of opinion among early breeders as to the real merit 

 of this tribe. 



The Duchess tribe descends from old Shorthorn breeding on 

 the estate of the Duke of Northumberland. In 1784 Charles 

 Colling bought what was known as the Stanwick cow, sired by 

 James Brown's Red Bull (97). She was bred to Hubback (319), 

 from which came a daughter, and this latter, bred to Favorite 

 (252), dropped a daughter, which in turn was bred to Daisy Bull 

 (i 86), resulting in another heifer, named Duchess, calved in 1800. 

 She was the foundress of the tribe later to become world-wide 

 famous in the hands of Thomas Bates. 



The Daisy tribe is descended from Old Daisy, a granddaughter 

 of Old Haughton and sired by Favorite (252). This is closely 

 related to Duchess breeding and is a Ketton tribe. 



The Red Rose tribe was of Robert Colling breeding and is 

 descended from a cow sired by Favorite (252), that was taken to 

 America soon after 1801 by a man named Hustler. He later 

 returned to England with this cow ; hence she became known as 

 the " American Cow." Bred to the bull Yarbrough she became 

 the dam of a calf named Red Rose ist, which later, in the posses- 

 sion of Thomas Bates, was the foundress of the Red Rose tribe. 

 The bull Pilot (496), a noted Booth sire, was of this tribe. The 

 Cambridge Rose tribe is an offshoot from this. 



The Lady tribe was bred by Charles Colling from alloy blood. 

 A polled red Galloway cow, bred to Bolingbroke (86), dropped a 

 bull calf in 1792 which became known as Son of Bolingbroke. 

 He was bred to an old Shorthorn cow, Johanna, from which came 

 a bull calf in 1794 known as Grandson of Bolingbroke (280). 

 This last bull, bred to Phoenix, dam of Favorite (252), produced 

 a heifer calf named Lady, the foundress of the tribe. Lady 

 produced several sons and daughters of merit, notably the cows 

 Countess and Laura. This " alloy cross " in early days caused 

 much controversy among Shorthorn breeders. However, at the 

 dispersal sale of Colling in 1810 some of the highest prices paid 

 were for animals of this tribe. 



