9O Saddle and Sirloin. 



have said from a bison or antediluvian point of view, 

 if Mr. Grey had not explained that the Lorton Long- 

 horns of that period could hardly enter a house until 

 they had acquired the dodge of twisting their heads 

 on one side, so as to arrive at the proper angle of 

 admission. The Longhorns cut a good figure in the 

 Schooze experiment, but they were not sufficiently 

 thrifty to hold their own against the Shorthorns and 

 Galloways, with which the county was gradually 

 overspread. The pure white Lysicks, so called from 

 the Hall of that name, disappeared about the same 

 time, and Mr. Dickinson recalls their fine spreading 

 horns, and that smart figure and carnage, which ren- 

 dered them so valuable for topping the dealer's lots. 



In West Cumberland, Mr. Curwen, thanks to 

 General Simpson, was a Shorthorn pioneer, and the 

 Rev. John Benson who introduced Western Comet 

 and bred Prince Regent and Messrs. Barrow, Mil- 

 ham Hartley, and Thompson, did good service to the 

 cause when the Schooze herd was sold off. The 

 East owed not a little to the West, which sent them 

 " Studholme's Little Monarch," as he was fondly 

 termed, to spread the Regent blood, but, unlike Maxi- 

 mus by Magnum Bonum, he was not a show bull. 



There was not such a thing as a pure Shorthorn in 

 the Vale of Eden when Charles Colling held his great 

 Ketton sale in 1810. The ardour of" Mr. Richardson 

 (great grandfather of the present Mr. Saunders of 

 Nunwick Hall) and Mr. Mat Atkinson was so in- 

 flamed by the news of the average, that they rode 

 off forthwith across Stainmoor to the new Durham 

 land of promise. They made no secret of their mis- 

 sion, and farmers flocked from all parts to see the two 

 white and two roan heifers, which were the upshot of 

 it. The pilgrims drew lots for choice, and Mr. Atkin- 

 son sent his pair to one of the late Earl Lonsdale's 

 bulls. His lordship from very early times had never 

 lacked a good bull at Lowther. The late Mr. Hudle- 



