144 Saddle and Sirloin. 



effect of tracing the breed further back than four 

 crosses beyond " Hubback" (319), who was calved 

 in '77. 



If the red-and-white Studley bull (626), bred by 

 Sharter of Chilton, and the founder of the Gwynne or 

 "Princess" tribe, may claim to be the "Abraham of 

 shorthorns," James Brown's red bull (97) and Jolly's 

 bull (337) are very early names on the roll. Seventeen 

 or eighteen crosses separate the Duchesses from the 

 one, and the Maynard and Mason tribes are in direct 

 descent from the other. Only 710 bulls were registered 

 in the first volume of Coates' Herd-book, which was 

 published in 1822 ; but the fifteenth showed, under 

 Mr. Strafford's care, an accession of 1959 in two years, 

 and the seventeenth brought up the numbers to 

 Zemi (25,481). 



The germ of this wonderful array must have been 

 considered an " improved" county breed as far back 

 as 1787. Hutchinson of Sockburn had then a cow 

 good enough to be modelled for the cathedral vane, 

 and had also beaten Robert Colling in a bull class. 

 Other Durham breeders stood proudly on their family 

 tribes. The " Lizzies" were with Charge of Newton, 

 and Rose's and Fisher's stock can be traced to Corn- 

 forth of Barforth. Robert Colling had set his seal to 

 Hill of Blackwell's herd, and nearly all the best men 

 were dipping into the blood of Millbank of Barning- 

 ham. It was from his sort that there sprang the 

 " old yellow cow by ' Punch,' " which was grandam 

 of " the white heifer that travelled," The Maynards* 



* Maynard's "Favourite" tribe was very early in repute, and 

 Charles Colling (who had previously picked up his "Cherry" or 

 " Peeress" tribe in Yarm Market) never rested till he had bought the 

 cow and her calf, " Young Strawberry," by Charge's " Dal ton Duke " 

 (188). He then changed the cow's name to " Lady Maynard," and it 

 was upon her tribe that he used the Galloway or "alloy blood" 

 through "Grandson of Bolingbroke" (280), which made the highest 

 average in its hour of trial at Ketton. Her descendants were also 



