90 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



" Hubback was one of the first bulls Mr. Robert Colling used, of 

 which an account is given in the Ketton Short-horns. He had 

 seventeen cows served by him in the season, and in November, as the 

 bull was bought at Easter, Mr. Charles Colling said if the bull was 

 done with for the season he would give 8 guineas for him ; he was 

 sold, the original cost, 10 guineas, being divided by Mr. Robert 

 Colling and Mr. Waistell. The bull took offense at a gray pony Mr. 

 Robert Colling used to ride, and was a little troublesome. Manfield 

 (404) was used at a very early period. Broken Horn (95), appears 

 to have succeeded Hubback, and was followed by Punch (531), 

 Favorite (252), Comet (155), Wellington (680), a very fine bull, used 

 four seasons, and others as in the catalogue. He also had the use of 

 his brother's bulls at Ketton. 



" Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, supplied 

 most of the bull hirers, and the buyers at the sales came from those 

 counties as well as Nottingham, Leicester, and Northampton. Culley, 

 in his general view of the Agriculture of Northumberland, says, 

 ' hiring bulls for the season is practiced in this county; as high as 50 

 guineas have been paid for a bull of the Short-horn breed for one 

 season, and from 3 to 5 guineas given for serving a cow, but the more 

 common rate is a guinea.' The principal hirers were Lord Strath- 

 more, Sir H. Vane Tempest, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Robertson, Mr. 

 Jobling, Mr. Jobson, Mr. Gibson, Colonel Trotter, Major Rudd, Mr. 

 Baker, Mr. Barker, Mr. Booth, Mr. Buston, Mr. Hustler, Mr. Weth- 

 erell, and Mr. Wiley. Mr. Jobson also stated that prior to 1773 his 

 father got bulls from Durham, and the last cross of the well known 

 Sonsie tribe is a Son of Ben (70), or Punch (531). 



"At the sale in 1818 Mr. Robert Colling was asked, 'Who has your 

 best blood? ' 'Well, I think,' said he, 'Lincolnshire has got most of 

 my best blood.' The breeders from Lincolnshire, who hired, were 

 Mr. R. Ostler and Mr. Skipworth at Aylesby; Mr. W. Brooks and 

 Mr. R. Cropper at Laceby; Mr. J. Grant, Wyham; and Mr. J. Codd, 

 Holton, all living in the district between Grimsby and Caistor. The 

 bulls were slightly shod and walked down about eight or nine miles a 

 day, and age had little consideration. The most noted bulls were 

 Own Brother to the White Heifer [that Traveled], Ceiling's (Robert) 

 White Bull (151), Aylesby (44), Barmpton (54), and Major (398). 

 C. Colling's Major (397), bought at the Ketton sale, was thought the 

 handsomer and better of the two. 



" There is no mention made in this paper of Sir H. Vane Tempest's 

 celebrated cow Princess, nor of Col. Trotter's stock, both of whom, 



