76 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



as her granddam the Duchess,* by the Daisy Bull (186). Young 

 Countess, a thick, stylish, red heifer, was re-sold to Mr. Earnshaw, 

 and produced three calves, twin bulls, one of which was the cele- 

 brated bull Count (170), and a red and white heifer. She died from 

 a broken blood vessel in 1814." 



In regard to floating rumors that Charles Colling had made use of 

 Kyloe blood in his herd, Colling himself, in a private letter to the 

 Rev. Henry Berry stated, " ' that Hutchinson was egregiously wrong in 

 charging the Collings with an indiscriminate use of Kyloe blood.' 

 George Coates declared unequivocally that he never observed any- 

 thing in that stock designated pure Short-horns, that could induce 

 him for a moment to entertain a suspicion that the animals were 

 nearly or remotely allied to the Kyloe. Mr. Charge, as well as Mr. 

 Coates and C. Colling, always deemed Hubback (319) a pure Short- 

 horn ; and neither he nor his descendants, when put on cows of the 

 pure blood, begot any calves which denoted, in their features or 

 color, any other breed than the pure Short-horn. His stock had 

 capacious chests, prominent bosoms, thick mossy coats, mellow skins, 

 with a great deal of fine flesh spread equally over the whole carcass, 

 and were either red and white, yellow roans, or white. The produce 

 of the Alloy blood f increased in size, rotundity, and heavy flesh, but 

 afterwards seemed to lose their fine hair and milking properties. The 

 highest priced cows at the sale were those in the highest condition, 

 and they were mostly of the Alloy blood." 



That sale finished the vocation of Charles Colling as a Short-horn 

 breeder. He lived in retirement twenty-six years afterwards, and 

 died in the year 1836, at the patriarchal age of 85 years, leaving 

 no children. 



ROBERT COLLING'S SALE OF 1818. 



Eight years after the sale of Charles' herd, Robert Colling, in the 

 year 1818, made a partial sale of his herd, and in 1820 the closing 

 sale, which finished his career as a breeder. At the time of his first 

 sale in 1818, he had been before the public as a leading and prom- 

 inent breeder thirty-eight years, and at his final sale in 1820, forty 

 years. During all that time, like his brother Charles, he had been a 

 large seller of stock as well as considerable purchaser. He sold his 

 surplus animals to other breeders, through which the blood of many 



* Frontispiece to Cows, Vol. 3, American Herd Book. L. F. A. 

 t These were all by thorough-bred bulls. L. F. A. 



