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guineas, and he was also let to Mr. Brooks and Mr. Codd in Lincoln- 

 shire ; his stock were considered to be better than North Star's (459). 

 His sire, George (275), was a very magnificent bull, and an excellent 

 getter ; he fell by accident and broke his neck, not before, however, 

 Mr. Colling had sold privately five out of his six heifers at 200 guineas 

 each. He was out of Lady Grace, the dam of Empress, lot 15, a 

 grand animal, and a high priced one ; Mr. Champion bought her and 

 her daughter, lot 49, but there is none of the tribe left now. Lan- 

 caster (360) was a white bull, of fine quality, but narrow, thin, lanky, 

 and small ; he was let as a yearling, to Major Rudd, who, at the time 

 of the sale, had fourteen extraordinary two-year-old heifers, got by 

 him, in one pasture, which were the talk of the country. This, per- 

 haps, with the fact of his being from so grand a cow, and having 

 served all the stock, made him sell so high. Mr. Whitaker was the 

 chief opponent, and at 620 guineas claimed the bull; the auctioneer, 

 however, ruled against him, having had another guinea bid by Messrs. 

 Simpson & Smith. Mr. Whitaker then had Mr. Charge's bull, Fred- 

 erick (1060). A rumor was current that Lancaster was delicate and 

 unhealthy, but he got stock at Dishley till 1827 [then 14 years old], 

 and at the Hon. H. B. Simpson's sale in 1838, Mr. White, the auc- 

 tioneer, alluded to this rumor, and said there were animals ten years 

 of age before the bull left the farm. Besides the Cambridge Roses 

 and those at Stockeld Park, we believe there are a very few animals 

 remaining that can now be traced to this magnificent family. 



" The two high priced heifers, lots 41 and 43, bought by Mr. 

 Wetherell, were unfortunate ; when of age they were sent for service 

 to Mr. Mason's, at 15 guineas each. Lady Ann died in calf with 

 twins, and Cleopatra had a heifer calf that never bred; they were 

 two magnificent heifers. Lot 40, Cowslip, bred a heifer by Ratify 

 (2481), called Young Cowslip. This heifer was sold to Mr. Budding, 

 of Panton, and produced a large family, from which came Mr. Rich's 

 Ursula tribe, and many others from the Panton sales. 



" Of the other sources whence Mr. Robert Colling derived his 

 stock, little is known, except that, like Charles, he selected the best 

 county stock from his neighbors, and occasionally bought at Yarm 

 fair. Mr. Watson, of Stapleton, Mr. Alexander Hall, of Haughton, 

 Mr. Wright, and Mr. Best, of Manfield, supplied females, and some 

 came from Mr. Hill, of Blackwell (see lot 10). It was from this stock 

 of Mr. Hill's that Captain Turnell, of Reasby, Lincolnshire, got his first 

 cattle, which were the originals of the well known and still favorite 



