SHORTHORN REVIEW 1810—1857 



Forty-seven years before this story begins, the 

 first great auction sale of Shorthorns was held 

 at Ketton, England, by Charles Colling, justly 

 called one of the inq'n'overs of the breed. Tlie 

 original Ducliess cow, ancestress of that tril)e 

 bought in 1783 on the Darlington Market for $65, 

 was dead. Thomas Bates, destined to become 

 the leading breeder of (Ireat Britain, bought one 

 of her descendants. She was a little shal)by in 

 ajopearance but he called her the mr)st valuable 

 cow in the world and it is re})ortcd that he de- 

 clared he would not take $5000 foi' his bargain. 



Here began the boom that made sane men lose 

 their heads in the greatest era of folly known in 

 live stock history. Bates heralded his claim foi- 

 the Duchess cow and hei' descendants. Thomas 

 Booth developed a class of SlKU-thorns that vied 

 with those bred by Bates and for several decades 

 the fight for sui)remacy was waged. The nolulity 

 lined up on the Bates side and threw ^dctory to 

 Bates' cattle with tlie Ducliess tribe in the lead. 



The excellent importation made by Col. Lewis 

 Sanders in 1817 which included the Teeswatei- 

 Cow, the Durham Cow and Mrs. Motte, filled 

 2_»a,rts of Kentucky and Ohio with splendid cattle. 

 Later importations, notably the descendants of 



