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purchased the best bulls and cows he could procure. He purchased 

 several cows of Sir Wm. St. Quintin, of Scampston, who was then 

 celebrated for his breed of short-homed cattle. It is probable that 

 Hubback may have been descended from this breed, but the fact can- 

 not be ascertained.'' Again, in 1821, he says, " '1 he sire of Hubback 

 was descended from the stock of Sir William St. Quintin. 1 was 

 intimately acquainted with Sir James Pennyman's steward, who has 

 repeatedly assured me that Sir James told him that his breed was a 

 cross between the old short-horn and the Alderney. Such, then, 

 being the pedigree of Hubback, it follows that all the improved 

 short-horns are a mixed breed." 



And again, in 1831, Major Rudd says, "The sire of Hubback be- 

 longed to Mr. George Snowdon, who had been a tenant of Sir James 

 Penny man, and by that means derived his bull. It is certain that 

 the late Mr. Robert Colling believed the descent of that bull to be 

 from the stock of Sir J. Pennyman and Sir Wm. St. Quintin; for in 

 his catalogue of his stock in 1818, he deduces the pedigrees from 

 their stock. Uf this proof, I was not apprised when my Notes were 

 published." 



That it nr .y be seen what Major Rudd deems proof, derived from 

 R. Colling s catalogue, all in that catalogue that relates to Pennyman 

 and St. Quintm is given. It is the pedigree of one cow onlj/ — thus, 

 *' No. 3, Juno, by Favorite ; dam Wildair, by Favorite ; grandam, by 

 Ben ; great grandam, by Hubback ; great great grandam, by sire 

 (Snowdon's bull) of Hubback ; great great great giandam, by Sir 

 James Pennyman's bull, descended from the stock of the late Sir 

 W. St. Quintin, of Scampston." it will be observed that here is no 

 pedigree of Hubback. Major Rudd cites this pedigree to prove that 

 Hubha<k was descended from Pennyman's stock, and that R. Colling 

 so believed ; Avhile it pr< ves cmly that Hubback was used to bull a 

 Cow descended from Pennyman's stock. And all the proof used to 

 show Hubback's blood impure, is about as worthless as this. 



The proof to establish the purity of Hubback's blood is full and 

 conclusive. In Coates' " Short-Horned Herd Book," his pedigree is 

 thus given : 



"Hubback, yellow-red, and white, calved in 1777, bred by Mr. 

 John Hunter; got by Mi» George Snowdon's bull; dam (bred by 

 Mr. John Hunter) by a bull of Mr. Banks's of Hurworth ; grandam 

 bought of Mr. Stephenson, of Ketton. Hubback, by Snowjdon's 

 bull (d. from the Stock of Sir James Pennyman, and these from the 

 Stock of Sir William St. Quintin, of Scampston) ; Snowdon's bull, 

 by W^illiam Robson's bull, (bred by Mr. Waistell, of Great Burdon, 

 near Darlington, dam Mr. Waistell's roan cow Barforth) ; William 

 Robson's bull, by James Masterman's bull (bred by Mr. Walker, 

 near Leyburn) ; James Mdstermau's bull, by the Studley bull, bred 

 by Mr. Sharter of Chilton. 



