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day fairly came brightening over the hills, of 

 Hubback, and of his greater grandson Favorite 

 (252). From these bulls were bred many cows 

 and many bulls. The cows were rated chiefly 

 as being the get of these bulls; the bulls chiefly 

 as they displayed the capacity of their sires as 

 breeding animals. The bulls of the elder day 

 were thus succeeded in popular favor by their 

 most worthy descendants, and it was not for 

 several generations and at least two or three 

 decades that the cows, which were themselves 

 by the great sires and produced to others great 

 calves, won for themselves renown as the foun- 

 tain head of excellence. Indeed, in a great 

 many instances the reputation of families 

 which in later day parlance attaches chiefly 

 to the cow at the head of the pedigree is, as 

 far as the cow is concerned, posthumous, the 

 applause in her day having been given to the 

 bulls which had combined with so excellent a 

 result. Thus as horsemen speak today of the 

 value of a Hambletonian-Pilot Jr. cross or a 

 Wilkes-Morgan combination, the early breeders 

 spoke of a fusion of the blood of R. Alcock's 

 Bull with that of Favorite or a Hubback-Punch 

 cross. As time went on, however, the families 

 became more and more defined. The first step 

 in that direction was in the way of special 

 esteem for the stock of certain breeders, such 

 as the Collings. As they bred and sold many 



