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horn heifer ever known. The Durham Ox was the largest short-horn 

 one ever kno\vn, except the Spottiswood Ox. Mr. Colling fed and 

 sold, in 1799, a heifer b}' Favorite, which Berry states in his first 

 history, "weighed, at three years old, one hundred stones, (1400 

 lbs I) within a few pounds." Her live weight must have been 1700 

 lbs. — a wonderful three year old heifer. 



It will be seen that here are three animals, the only ones bred by 

 Colling whose weights are on record, that have no superiors (indeed 

 where are their equals ?) in point of wonderful weight in all the re- 

 cords of short-horns. 



To attain these extraordinary weights, they must not only have 

 been very deep fleshed and very fat, but must have had large, very- 

 large, frames, to give the space to make such great weights. 



Can there be a doubt that Charles Colling increased the size of his 

 cattle ? Mr. Berry in his first history me-ntions nothing of a reduc- 

 tion of size, and notliing of the Galloway cross ; yet when he pro- 

 poses in his second history to show the excellence of the alloy, as 

 the Galloways are a very small breed, it became necessary to dis- 

 cover that Mr. Colling had reduced the size of his cattle. Mr. Berry 

 states, that Mr. Colling always "declined on all occasions to throw 

 any hght on his views and proceedings." Of course Berry got no 

 authority from Mr. Colling for this alleged reduction of size, but is 

 himself the originator of the supposition. Facts, and the history of 

 the Short-Horns, contradict him. 



5. Hubback was a pure short-horn — had no Dutch blood ; and 

 was vigorous until thirteen years of age, when he was killed. 



In his second history Berry says (page 97), " Hubback, an animal 

 respecting which there has been much controversy, principally 

 touching the purity of his blood, a question now of little importance, 

 because it is admitted on all hands that Mr. Colling adopted another 

 cross, which prevails in a majority of superior short-horns of the 

 present day." " Without entering on an inquiry by what circum- 

 stances Hubback's title to be considered of pure blood is supported 

 or weakened, it may suffice to observe, that it appears probable he 

 possessed on one side the imported [Dutch] blood. The possessor 

 of his dam was a person in indigent circumstances, and grazed his 

 cow in the highways. When afterwards she was removed to good 

 land, near Darlington, she became so fat that she did not breed 

 again ; and her son, having the same feeding propensity in a high 

 degree, was useful as a bull during a very short period." Such is 

 Mr. Berry's account. 



All the authorities for the impurity of Hubback's blood shall be 

 quoted. 



Major Rudd in 1816 says, "The bull Hubback was descended 

 from the stock of Sir James Penny man, who, about the year 1770, 

 paid much attention to the improvement of short-horned cattle, and 

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