100 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



R. Holmes (who bred from her Belzoni (783); the other passed into 

 the hands of Sir Charles Knightly, who had at one time several 

 representatives of it. From a fifth branch, retained by Mr. Thomas 

 Booth, sprang Twin Cow, by Albion, her son Navigator (1260), whose 

 spirited portrait adorns the dining-room at Warlaby, and a long array 

 of prize animals, amongst which may be mentioned Bloom, Plum 

 Blossom, Nectarine Blossom, Venus Victrix, Baron Warlaby, and 

 Windsor. 



" The old Red Rose * tribe is extinct, except in the progeny of 

 Julius Caesar (1143) and Belshazzar (1703). 



" From the Bright Eyes tribe, in the possession of R. Booth, at 

 Studley, came Ariadne, the prize cow Anna, by Pilot, and many other 

 fine animals dispersed at the Studley sale. 



" Besides these Fairholme tribes, there was the Halnaby or Straw- 

 berry tribe, which also dates from this period. The first of M:hem 

 was of that yellow red and white hue, which, though out of favor at 

 the present day, was then the prevailing color of the Short-horn. f She 

 was bought in Darlington market, and one of the earliest recollec- 

 tions of Mr. R. Booth was of that cow coming home. The type of 

 old Halnaby of 1797, who is said to have been a very finely made 

 cow, has often been reproduced in her descendants in the herd. Mr. 

 Thomas Booth considered this as one of his finest families, quite 

 equal to the Blossom and the Ariadne tribes. Young Albion (15) is 

 the first bull of note in the Halnaby family. He was much used in 

 the herd, and was one of the first that was let out on hire. He went 

 to Mr. Scroope's, of Danby Hall, near Middleham, who had a fine, 

 large, robust herd of cattle, related, through some of the bulls used, 

 to the Colling blood. In 1812, the Squire of Danby challenged Mr. 

 Thomas Booth to show, ' for rump and dozen ' (the usual stakes at 

 that day being rump stakes and a dozen of wine), the best lot of 

 heifers he had, against the same number of his own, the match to be 

 decided at Bedale. Although a good lot, the Danby had to give 

 place to the Killerby and Warlaby contingent. Of the Halnaby 

 tribe came also the bull Rockingham (2551), and Priam (2452), the 

 latter, sire of Necklace and Bracelet. The only female representa- 

 tives of the family are in the hands of the present Mr. Booth, of 

 Warlaby. From Strawberry 3d came the Bianca and Bride Elect 

 branch ; whilst the famous cow White Strawberry, the dam of Leon- 

 ard (4210), was the ancestress of Monk, Medora, Red Rose, and 



* Not the Red Rose tribe of Robert Colling. L. F. A. ' 



t Roans, and whites, are still the prevailing colors of the Booth Short-horns. L. F. A. 



