84 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



for high prices in the 1818 sale. Of Diamond, Mr. Dickson in an 

 essay on judging, said that he was small, of beautiful symmetry, and 

 a perfect model, with a thick, fine coat. The Yellow Cow, by Punch, 

 bred a heifer,* by Favorite (252), which heifer was the dam of the 

 'White Heifer that Traveled.' No record gives the date of this 

 white heifer's birth (supposed 1806), but the fashion at that time of 

 feeding to an enormous weight, and the success of John Day in his 

 wanderings with the Durham Ox, induced two butchers to purchase 

 her for exhibition. Unlike John Day, they left no pamphlet of the 

 'pure genuine breed,' nor of their travels throughout the country. 

 A small handbill alone tells of the merits of the White Heifer; it 

 runs as follows : 



" * To be seen at the stables of the Three Kings, Piccadilly, near 

 the Glo'ster Coffee House, the greatest wonder in the world of the 

 kind, the wonderful Durham fat heifer, of the improved Short- 

 horned breed, which weighs 306 stone (8 Ibs.) [2,448 Ibs.], bred 

 and fed by Robert Colling, of Barmpton, near Darlington, in the 

 county of Durham. She is sister (half sister by the sire) to the 

 Durham Ox and bull Comet (155), which was sold for 1000 guineas 

 at the sale of Charles Colling, Esq., at Ketton, for which 1500 guineas 

 has since been offered. This heifer is now the property of Messrs. 

 Robinson and Spark. It is particularly worthy of notice that this 

 justly-celebrated heifer was a twin.f A correct portrait of this beau- 

 tiful heifer has been taken by Mr. Weaver, of Shrewsbury, from which 

 an engraving (by Mr. Ward, an eminent artist in London) and prints 

 taken from it are published at one guinea each. J Printed by Mr. 

 Glendon, Rupert street, Haymarket.' 



" Mr. Bailey said also, that * Mr. Robert Colling has a white heifer, 

 four years old, a perfect counterpart of his brother Charles' ox, being, 

 like him, completely covered over her whole carcass with fat ; she is 

 estimated to weigh 130 stone (14 Ibs.), [1820 Ibs.] Mr. Robert Colling 

 also sold at Darlington Market, April 18, 1808, a two-year-old steer 

 for 22, supposed to weigh 63 stone (14 Ibs.), the price of the fat 

 stock being 75. per stone. The Yellow Cow put to Favorite (252), 

 produced lot 55, North Star (459). At the time of the sale he was 

 eleven years old, a grand old bull, with fine hair and handling. 

 Mr. Wetherell used him at Holme House two years, Mr. Wiley had 



* Called " Favorite Cow," recorded p. 310, Vol. i, English Herd Book. L. F. A. 

 t She was twinned with a bull a free marten, and of course, barren. L. F. A. 

 % White Heifer's portrait is frontispiece to Vol. 5, American Herd Book. L. F. A. 



