THE GALLOWAY CROSS. 6l 



(252), born in 1793, died in 1809, was used indiscriminately upon his 

 own offspring, even in the third generation." Yes, even* to the fifth 

 and sixth generations in some one or two prominent instances. 



As Phoenix, the dam of Favorite, has been partially described in 

 connection with her son, her measurement is here given : 



Height, 4 feet 8 inches. Length of quarter, . I foot 9 inches. 



Width of hip, .2 " 2M " Length of back, ... 5 " i# " 



Width of loin, I " 7& " Girth at chime, 7 " I 



Girth of shank,. ... 7^ " Girth at neck, 3 " 2# " 



THE GALLOWAY CROSS REV. HENRY BERRY'S YOUATT HISTORY. 



We now arrive at an episode in Short-shorn annals no less than 

 the introduction of the notorious "Alloy" admixture, through the 

 blood of a Scotch Galloway cow, into the herd of Charles Colling. 

 As this incident in its partial detail at the hands of Mr. Berry has 

 given rise to an altogether erroneous idea of the origin of the "im- 

 proved" Short-horns, and created a belief, or supposition, that the 

 present type of Short-horn excellence is of recent date, or about the 

 year 1800, through an admixture of "Galloway" blood with the 

 ancient race, a full history of the matter will be given. 



In the first volume E. H. B., Rev. Henry Berry, of Acton Rectory, 

 Worcestershire, Eng., is recorded as in the years 1821 and '22, the 

 breeder of two animals, the bull Pirate (500), and a heifer, called 

 Rebecca. The dam of the bull was bred by 'Mr. Hustler, and traces 

 back into the stock of Robert Colling ; the dam of the heifer was 

 bred by Mr. Wright, of Cleasby. To these he afterwards added other 

 animals, and became, to a moderate extent, a Short-horn Breeder. 

 In addition to his clerical and cattle breeding duties he appears to 

 have been somewhat addicted to controversy, and engaged in dis- 

 cussing the relative merits between the Short-horn and Hereford 

 breeds of cattle as feeding or flesh producing animals, in which he 

 advocated the Short-horns. To substantiate their claims he wrote a 

 pamphlet entitlecl 



"IMPROVED SHORT-HORNS, AND THEIR PRETENTIONS STATED, 

 BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THIS CELEBRATED BREED OF CATTLE, 

 DERIVED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES." The first edition was issued 

 in the year 1824. 



From the rather ambitious title of his pamphlet one would suppose 

 that an elaborate history would be given. Instead of any such, 

 he gave less than eleven pages in large, open type, slightly alluding 



