ILLUSTRATIONS. 



WE have thought it necessary to illustrate the work with a few portraits of 

 animals of distinguished reputation in their times, and such as would show the 

 comparative merits and improvements in the anatomy and style of the Short-horns 

 as they progressed from as early a day as possible down to a recent period. The 

 scarcity of portraits of the earlier animals has afforded but a limited opportunity 

 to make selections. We have wished to present the best specimens of their time, 

 irrespective of any particular tribe or family to which they belonged, and only 

 regret that the portraits we have been able to obtain are restricted to the herds of 

 so few breeders ; yet they were animals well known in Short-horn circles, and 

 whose blood courses in the veins of very many herds of the present day. They are 

 given with no intention to claim superiority over some others that may have existed 

 contemporary with them, but because other equally good portraits could not be 

 found. We place them in the order of time at which they lived : 



1. DUCHESS, red and white, bred by Charles Colling, calved in 1800, got by 



Daisy bull (186), out of , by Favorite (252), by Hubback (319), the 



Stanwick (original Duchess) cow, by J. Brown's red bull (97). At 7 years old, 

 milked down, and thin in flesh. Drawn by Weaver. Plate after a copy by Dalby. 

 Page 13. 



2. COMET (155), light roan, bred by Charles Colling, calved in 1804, got by 

 Favorite (252), out of Young Phoenix, by Favorite (252), Phoenix, by Foljambe 

 (263), Lady Maynard, by R. Alcock's bull (19), by Jacob Smith's bull (608), by 

 Jolly's bull (337). At 6 years old. Drawn by Weaver. Plate after a copy by 

 Dalby. Page 74. 



3. KETTON IST (709), red and white, bred by Charles Colling, calved in 1805, 

 got by Favorite (252), out of Duchess, by Daisy bull (186), etc., as in No. 2, above. 

 At full age. Drawn by Weaver. Plate after a copy by Dalby. Frontispiece. 



4. THE WHITE HEIFER THAT TRAVELED, bred by Robert Colling, calved about 

 the year 1806, got by Favorite (252), out of Favorite cow, by Favorite (252), gr. 

 dam, by Punch (531). At full age. Drawn by Weaver. Plate after a copy by 

 Dalby. Page 84. 



5. DUCHESS 1ST, red and white, bred by Charles Colling, calved in 1808, got by 



Comet (155), out of , by Favorite (252), Duchess, by Daisy bull (186), 



etc., as in No. 2, above. At full age. Drawn by Dalby. Page 125. 



6. BELVEDERE (1706), roan, bred by Mr. Stephenson, calved in 1826, got by 

 Waterloo (2816), out of Angelina 2d, by Young Wynyard (2859), Angelina, by 

 Phenomenon (491), Anne Boleyn, by Favorite (252), Princess, by Favorite (252) 

 [bred by Robert Colling, and own sister to his White bull (151)], by Favorite (252), 



