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earliest date to 1857, werd chiefly roans, red and whites, and whites, 

 the reds being little cared for, but rather objected to, until the Bates 

 Duchess blood became in demand. Previous to the Bates arrivals 

 reds were decidedly w/zfashionable, some breeders carrying their 

 prejudices against a full red so far as to declare such colors indica- 

 tive of impure blood and bad breeding ! 



We incline to the opinion that not many years will transpire before 

 good judges of Short-horns will look more closely to quality than 

 color, convinced as we are that a fashion existing solely on prejudice 

 or partiality, cannot be permanent. 



