70 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



inflated, and so far as pounds, shillings and pence then rated 

 probably quite double to what they were ten years afterwards the 

 sums which were bid for his cattle were both unprecedented and 

 enormous. 



The approaching sale was well advertised, and its results marked 

 an era in Short-horn history. An account of it was given in " The 

 Times" of Friday, October 19, 1810, as previously stated. It is of 

 such historical interest, and so many of our modern Short-horns run 

 their genealogies back into some of the cattle of that sale that the 

 entire list is quoted. The numbers to the bulls, subsequently inserted 

 in Vol. i, E. H. B., are here added. The Alloys are repeated in the 

 list, and marked thus * : 



COWS. 



Lot. Guineas. 



1. CHERRY, out of Old Cherry, by Favorite (252), n years old, dam of Peer- 



ess (Lot 3), Mayduke (22), and Ketton (30). Bought by J. D. Nesham, 

 Haughton-le-Spring, Durham. Bulled by Comet 83 



2. KATE, 4 years old, by Comet. J. Hunt, Morton, Durham. Bulled by 



Mayduke 35 



3. PEERESS, 5 years old, out of Cherry, by Favorite ; dam of Cecil (36). 



Major B. Rudd, Marton Lodge, Yorkshire. Bulled by Comet 170 



4. COUNTESS,* 9 years old, out of Lady, by Cupid ; dam of Selina (5), Cora 



(12), Young Favorite (31), Young Countess (40). Major B. Rudd. 

 Bulled by Comet 400 



5. SELINA,* out of Countess, by Favorite, 5 years old. Sir H. C. Ibbotson, 



Bart., Denton Park, Yorkshire. Bulled by Petrarch 200 



6. JOHANNA, out of Johanna, by Favorite, 4 years old. H. Witham, Cliff 



Hall, Yorkshire. Bulled by Petrarch 130 



7. LADY,* out of Old Phcenix, by Grandson of Bolingbroke (280), 14 years 



old ; dam of Countess (4), Laura (8), Major (21), and George (32). C. 

 Wright, Cleasby, Yorkshire. Bulled by Comet. 206 



8. LAURA,* out of Lady, by Favorite, 4 years old ; dam of Young Laura (39), 



and Lucilla (44). Grant, Wyham, Lincolnshire. Bulled by Comet. . . 210 



9. CATHALENE, out of a daughter of the dam of Phcenix, by Washington 



(674), 8 years old ; dam of Charlotte (42). G. Coates for G. Parker, 

 Sutton House, Malton, Yorkshire. Bulled by Comet 150 



10. LILY, out of Daisy, by Comet, 3 years old ; dam of White Rose (46). 



Major B. Rudd. Bulled by Mayduke 410 



11. DAISY, out of Old Daiey, by a grandson of Favorite, out of Venus' 6 



years old ; dam of Lily (10), and Sir Dimple (33). Major R. Bower, 

 Welham, Malton, Yorkshire. Bulled by Comet 140 



12. CORA,* out of Countess, by Favorite, 4 years old ; dam of Alexander (27), 



and Calista (45). G. Johnston, Hackness, near Scarborough, York- 

 shire. Bulled by Petrarch 70 



13. BEAUTY, out of Miss Washington, by Marske (417), (a son of Favorite) 



4 years old ; dam of Albion (35). C. Wright. Bulled by Comet 120 



