102 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



of this is still remembered. An old fellow at Ainderby, not contented 

 with the bull set apart for this purpose, and being anxious to have a 

 calf by another, that Mr. Booth especially prized and kept exclu- 

 sively for his own herd, took his cow into the lane adjoining the field 

 where the prohibited animal was grazing. The bull broke through 

 the fence ; and the old Yorkshireman's object was achieved. The 

 latter, knowing how indignant Mr. Booth would be, thought it safest 

 to act on the principle of taking the bull by the horns ; and, assum- 

 ing an injured air, at once repaired to him, exclaiming, 'O maister, 

 maister ! sic an a thing has happened ! Your gurt ugly beast has 

 broken through t'hedge, and I doubt he'll hae gitten my cow wi' cauf. 

 It's a sad bad job ; for I were boun' to feed her off.' 



" Mr. Richard Booth's removal to Studley forms a new era in the 

 history of these herds. From 1814 down to its dispersion in 1834, 

 the Studley colony took precedence of the parent stock. We may 

 now, therefore, before proceeding with the history of the Killerby 

 Herd, turn our attention to that of Studley. 



THE STUDLEY HERD. 



" Mr. Richard Booth inherited with his father's name his full share 

 of his father's skill as a breeder, with an equal fondness for the pur- 

 suit; and his new farm, which he held under the wealthy and 

 well-known Mrs. Lawrence,* was speedily stocked with superior Short- 

 horns. He began with his father's cattle, and carried on to even 

 greater perfection his father's work. Among the first importations 

 which were made from Killerby to Studley, when Mr. Richard Booth 

 went there in i8r^, the following may be mentioned : He purchased 

 from his father Bright Eyes, by Lame bull (359), and her daughters 

 Ariadne, then a two-year-old, and Agnes, a yearling, both by Albion. 

 Ariadne was own sister to Agamemnon, the grandsire of Isabella, by 

 Pilot. She was the dam of the famous Anna, by Pilot (496), who 

 won numerous prizes at the best shows of the day; and who, in 1824, 

 performed the feat of walking from Studley to Manchester, taking 

 the first prize there, walking back, and producing within a fortnight 

 Young Anna. Anna is said, by those who well remember her, to 

 have borne a very strong resemblance in color and character to Queen 

 of the Ocean. She was the dam of Adelaide, who, through her sire 

 Albert, was also granddaughter of Isabella. Adelaide was the highest 



* Previously alluded to in a letter to the writer, by R. L. Allen. L. F. A. 



