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over there one day to see whether he could find anything to suit 

 him. In passing a stable on his way to the house, through a window 

 opening into it, he spied the head of a bull which immediately 

 excited his curiosity. He went in and there saw Belvedere (1706). 

 He proceeded to the house, met Mr. Stephenson, and asked his 

 price for the bull. He had used him several years, being then, 

 in 1831, six years old, and not caring for further use of him, a 

 bargain was struck. The next day Mr. S. drove the bull to Kirk- 

 leavington, and Mr. Bates paid $o ($250) for him. The bull's 

 pedigree was fully ascertained to the satisfaction of Mr. JBates, being 

 essentially of the blood of Robert Colling's White bull (151), through 

 descents of the same character, and he thus became established for 

 some years, as the future breeding bull of Mr. Bates' herd. His 

 pedigree is thus given in Vol. 3, English Herd Book : 



"(1706.) BELVEDERE. Yellow roan, calved April 6, 1826, bred 

 by Mr. Stephenson, the property of Mr. Bates, Kirkleavington, near 

 Yarm, got by Waterloo (2816), dam Angelina 2d, by Young Wyn- 

 yard (2858), Angelina, by Phenomenon (491), Anne Boleyn, by 

 Favorite (252), Princess, by Favorite (252) [bred by R. Colling, 

 and own sister to his White bull (151)], by Favorite (252), by 

 Hubback (319), by Snowdon's bull (612), by James Masterman's 

 bull (422), by Mr. Harrison's bull [bred by Mr. Waistell, of Burdon] 

 (292),* bought of Mr. Pickering, of Sedgefield, by Mr. Hall." 



With the possession of Belvedere, in the next year he had by him 

 two Duchess heifers 33d from Duchess igth, and 34th from Duchess 

 29th. In 1833 he had one heifer, Duchess 35th, by Gambier (2046) 

 [by Bertram (1716), bred by Mr. Whitaker, an outside cross alto- 

 gether from his Duchess tribe]. In 1834 he had two Duchesses, 36th 

 and 37th, by Belvedere. In 1835 he had 38th Duchess, by Norfolk 

 (2377) [bred by Whitaker, got by 2d Hubback (1423), one-fourth 

 part Duchess and the other three-fourths good blood, running back 

 into the Colling stock], and Duchess 39th, 4oth and 4ist, by Belve- 

 dere. In 1837 he had Duchess 42d and 43d, by Belvedere, which 

 were the last heifers of the tribe got by him. 



On the introduction of Belvedere to his herd Mr. Bates used him 

 freely on his other tribes in which his crosses will be found on exam- 

 ination of their pedigrees in the Herd Books, up to the year 1837. 

 Having had the use of him now six years, and needing him no 



* These figures, in the Herd Book, are a mistake, being (669), which we have corrected. (669) 

 is Waistell's bull, got by Masterman's bull, in Belvedere's Herd Book pedigree. 



