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Foljambe, so that he had a double cross of 

 Hubback, but he was full of miscellaneous 

 blood. Mr. Colling found him a- 'remarkable 

 sire and a bull of great vigor, and used him on 

 his own get, and in a few cases bred him to his 

 own calves out of his own calves. His wonder- 

 ful powers gave a very satisfactory series of 

 results, and to him trace a large portion of the 

 most esteemed Short-horn families. After Mr. 

 Colling's time the Favorite blood became so 

 famous that in some cases the most extra- 

 ordinary closeness of breeding was followed. 

 Take for example Mr. Adkin's cow Charmer 

 (E. H. B., Vol. VI, p. 295), calved in 1839, thirty 

 years after Favorite's death. This cow traces 

 in no less than four hundred and eight lines to 

 Favorite, and as Foljambe and Hubback are 

 each represented twice each time that Favorite 

 occurs, to each of them at least eight hundred 

 and sixteen times. I say at least, for she traces 

 to each of these, bulls many more times, espe- 

 cially Hubback, along other lines through Ben 

 (70), Old Cherry, Lady Maynard, Broadhooks, and 

 many others. I have not calculated the exact 

 number of times that Hubback appears in the 

 pedigree, but it is considerably over one thou- 

 sand times. A number of Mr. Booth's cattle 

 show an extraordinary interfusion of the Favor- 

 ite blood. Take for example his celebrated 

 bull Crown Prince (10087), which shows 1,055 



