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Shorthorn bulls of early history. Favorite was dropped in 1793 

 and died in 1809. He was mated to his nearest relations in the 

 herd by Charles Colling, and bred to his dam sired the heifer 

 Young Phoenix, which he was in turn bred to, resulting in the 

 bull Comet. This last bull was very beautiful, and reached such 

 great public favor that at the dispersion sale of Charles Colling 

 in 1810 he brought one thousand guineas ($5000), which was 

 the highest price paid up to that time. 



Of Booth breeding, some of the most famous founders were 

 White Strawberry, Anna, Isabella, Moss Rose, and Countess. 

 The latter was grandam of the twins Necklace and Bracelet, two 

 of the most famous 

 show heifers of his- 

 tory ; Bracelet became 

 a remarkable breeder 

 and founder of a tribe. 

 Isabella as a show cow 

 was " matchless," yet 

 she also was a great 

 breeder. The bulls 

 Young Albion (15), 

 Pilot (496), Julius 

 Caesar (1143), Buck- 



FIG. 69. Pride of Morning (120551), by Star of 

 Morning (121243). Main stock bull in the herd 

 of William Duthie, Scotland. Photograph by 

 the author 



ingham (3239), Crown 

 Prince (10087), and Windsor (14013) were leading Booth sires. 

 In the herd of Thomas Bates foundation stock of eminence 

 began with Daisy Bull (186), obtained from Charles Colling. In 

 1804 Bates bought the cow Duchess by the above bull, from 

 which in 1805 he secured the bull calf Ketton (709), sired by 

 Favorite. A granddaughter of Duchess, named Young Duchess, 

 sired by Comet, was the ancestress of the Duchess tribe of Bates, 

 his favorite family. The Matchem cow from which the Oxford 

 tribe descends, the Princess cow by Favorite, and a cow known 

 as Acklam Red Rose (Red Rose ist) from which descends the 

 Cambridge Roses and American Rose of Sharons, were most 

 important foundation dams in the Bates herd. Of the bulls 

 which brought fame to Bates, the more conspicuous were 

 2d Hubback (1423) by The Earl (646), Belvedere (1706) by 



