60 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



any he ever produced from her, though put to his best bulls, which 

 improved all other cattle." She was bred to Hubback. The pro- 

 duce was a heifer, and from her the present tribe of (Bates') 

 Duchesses, on the female side, are descended. 



Cherry, a fine cow, bought at Yarm Fair, by his father, also came 

 into Charles Colling's possession, and from her he bred his " Cherry " 

 tribe. We have no description of her. 



It was conceded by a company of old breeders in 1812, in discuss- 

 ing the question of the improvement of Short-horns, that no stock 

 of Mr. Colling's breeding ever equaled Lady Maynard,* the dam of 

 Phoenix, and grand dam of Favorite (252). Robert Colling told Mr. 

 Wiley that his brother's and his own cattle were never better than 

 anybody else's until his brother Charles got Maynard's two cows. 



From the above descriptions and opinions of breeders at the time, 

 it will be seen that there was little uniformity in the character of 

 the Ceilings' original stock, and if they afterwards acquired a uni- 

 form excellence in their several herds which, no doubt, to a con- 

 siderable extent they did it was by persistence in their course of 

 in-and-in breeding, which has been described. 



So much has been said of the bull Favorite (252), into whose blood 

 more good Short-horns of the present time trace a portion of their 

 lineage than any other bull of his day, that we give his description. 

 His color was light roan. " Mr. Coates thought him a large beast, 

 with a fine, bold eye, body down, low back, and other parts very 

 good. Mr. Waistell said Favorite was a grand beast, very large and 

 open, had a fine brisket, with a good coat, and as good a handler as 

 ever was felt." 



" His (Favorite's) dam Phoenix was a large, open-boned cow, and 

 coarser than her dam 'the beautiful Lady Maynard' partaking 

 more of her sire's (Foljambe) character. Favorite, the son, partook 

 more of his dam's (Phoenix) character, and possessed remarkably 

 good loins, long and level hind quarters ; his shoulder points stood 

 wide, and were somewhat too coarse, and too forward in the neck, 

 and his horns, in comparison with Hubback's, were long and strong. 

 His sire, Bolingbroke (86), was by Foljambe, out of Young Straw- 

 berry (daughter of Lady Maynard). In color he was red, with a 

 little white, and the best bull George Coates ever saw. Favorite 



* The judgments of men are sometimes fallible. We think there must be some error in this 

 statement, for it is evident that the stock produced from her would not have held so high a 

 reputation had they not exhibited some particular qualities above those which their ancestry 

 possessed. L. F. A. 



