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(Milbank) stock, which came from Studley, in Yorkshire, where they 

 had existed for many years. He is described, by one who often saw 

 him, as having possessed wonderful girth, and depth of fore quarters, 

 very short legs, a neat frame, and light offal. He was the grandsire of 

 Dalton Duke (188). This latter bull was bred by Mr. Charge, and 

 sold by him at the then high price of fifty guineas, to Messrs. May- 

 nard and Wetherell, in whose possession he served cows at half a 

 guinea each. From Studley bull came "Lakeland's bull," which was 

 the sire of William Barker's bull (51), which was the sire of Richard 

 Barker's bull (52), both noted as the sires of many of the best early 

 Short-horns of their day. Studley bull was also sire of the cow 

 Tripes, bred by Mr. Pickering. The dam of Tripes was bred by 

 Mr. Stephenson, of Ketton, in the year 1739. From her originated 

 Mr. S.'s Princess tribe. 



It may be noted here that in the earlier recorded pedigrees notes 

 or memoranda, rather only one or two crosses are given, with the 

 name of the sire only, and but rarely the name of a dam given at all. 

 In many other instances the name only of the recorded bull is given, 

 without any allusion to breeder, owner, sire or dam ; simply recog- 

 nizing him as a Short-horn, from which other recorded animals are 

 descended. 



To "Studley bull" can be traced a larger number of the early 

 recorded Short-horns than to any other one of which we have a par- 

 ticular knowledge. His blood was well known, and popular, and 

 being of the Milbank stock, was probably as pure in descent as any 

 then in existence. He may be termed one of the principal progen- 

 itors of the Short-horn race, as they stand recorded in the Herd 

 Book from its first volume down to the present, although not the only 

 one, as numerous others, no doubt, existed contemporary with him, 

 sires to many noted tribes of a later day. We speak of him only as 

 more is known of him than of them, he having a Herd Book record, 

 and they not. 



Another noted bull may be named into whose blood probably more 

 of the later pedigrees can be traced to, and ending in him, than to any 

 other, viz. : James Brown's red bull (97). The date of his birth is 

 not recorded, but it was probably between 1765 and 1770. He was 

 bred by John Thompson, of Girlington Hall, and got by William 

 Barker's bull (51), which is all the Herd Book says of him. On the 

 side of his sire, he was a great grandson of Studley bull. His dam 

 is not named, and we have no record of his blood on her side. 

 Indeed, there seems to have been but little care taken in those days 



