42 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



" Gabriel Thornton, in 1786, went to live with Chailes, as farm man- 

 ager, having previously lived, since 1774, with Mr. Maynard, at 

 Eryholme. Some remarks of Mr. Thornton concerning Mr. May- 

 nard 's cattle, led Mr. and Mrs. Colling* to ride over to Eryholme 

 that same year. When they arrived, a handsome cow, called * Favor- 

 ite,' that Miss Maynard was milking, attracted their notice, and Mr. 

 Colling offered to buy the cow and her heifer. After some haggling 

 on both sides, the purchase was made, and the cows, *' Favorite,' 

 and her daughter, 'Young Strawberry,' went to Ketton." 



As these two cows, "Favorite" (afterwards Lady Maynard, in 

 Ceiling's hands), and her daughter, "Young Strawberry," m|irk the 

 foundation of another distinguished family of Short-horns (aside 

 from the Duchess already named), through the joint interbreeding of 

 their own bull and heifer progenies, from which the bull " Favorite " 

 (252) descended, and on which Ceiling's chief celebrity as an im- 

 prover is based, a full history of the cows will be given. 



LADY MAYNARD AND YOUNG STRAWBERRY. 



Mr. Maynard had long been a distinguished breeder of Short- 

 horns at his farm of Eryholme, then occupied by him, and for many 

 years since by his descendants, who have continuously bred until a 

 recent day first-class cattle. At the time of Charles Ceiling's visit 

 to him for the purchase of the two cows, Maynard was in possession 

 of an excellent herd, and Colling finding the things he wanted, 

 bought them of him at the low price of ^40 ($200) for the cow 

 and heifer, f 



The pedigree of the cow Lady Maynard is thus given under the 

 name of "Favorite, or Lady Maynard," in the first edition of Vol. i, 

 Coates' E. H. B. : 



" Red roan, bred by Mr. Maynard, got by Mr. Ralph Alcock's J 

 bull (19), d. by Jacob Smith's bull (608), gr. d. (Strawberry) by 

 Mr. Jolly's bull (337)." i| 



* It is said Mrs. Colling was quite as much interested in cattle breeding as her husband, and 

 having no children she had abundant leisure to devote to the stock. 



t Mr. Bates' History. 



$ All the record pedigree of Alcock's bull is, "bred by Mr. Michael Jackson, of Hutton-Bon- 

 ville, near North Allerton." A note of Mr. Bates' says : "A good bull." 



Smith's bull has no pedigree whatever. His name only is recorded. A note to his pedigree, 

 in manuscript, written by Mr. Bates, says : " Yellow red, white face, white back, and white legs 

 to the knees." 



II Jolly's bull has no pedigree ; recorded by name only. Mr. Bates said, "he was bred by Mr. 

 Waistell, of Great Burden." 



Mr. Bates afterwards wrote that Mr. Maynard gave him a long pedigree of the cow " Favor- 

 ite," running back to the " Murrain " year, 1745. 



