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had hitherto obtained. Another of Charles Colling's famous 

 foundation cows, in addition to Lady Maynard, was the original 

 Duchess cow, secured on Darlington Market in 1784. This cow 

 was the ancestress of the famous Duchess strain that builded so 

 well for Bates (74) and his followers. 



The Colling blood origins were not yet complete, however, 

 and one more animal that loomed large in later Shorthorn pedi- 

 grees must yet be mentioned, the famous bull Hubback. In 1783 

 Charles Colling first noticed on Darlington Market some super- 

 lative veals and found on inquiry that the calves were sired by a 

 bull belonging to Mr. Fawcett of Haughton Hill. Mr. Colling 

 went to see him but was not sufiSciently impressed to buy. A little 

 later his brother Robert displayed his keenness of judgment by 

 purchasing him at the price of ten guineas. The bull was scarcely 

 large enough to match the mates of such animals as the Durham 

 Ox and the White Heifer, and so after one season's use he was 

 transferred to Charles Colling. This time Mr. Colunc decided 

 that the bull must have some value in his mellow furriness and he 

 consequently used him for two years. Late in 1787 he was sold 

 to Mr. Hubback of North Seton, Northumberland. At ten years 

 of age he had as yet been unnamed but usage gradually gave him 

 the name of his owner, and when he died at fourteen years, 

 Hubback had furnished the blood which Mr. Bates (74) used to 

 mate with his Duchess cows, 



Charles Colling's breeding career closed in 1810, at which 

 time his inbreeding methods had meide approximately three 

 fourths of the herd come from the loins either of Favorite or his 

 son Comet. The forty-seven head in the sale brought $35,000, 

 with the $5,000 Comet at the top. For company's sake, Mr. Col- 

 ling had reserved the deep milking, wide spread Magdalena by 

 Comet, but so ardent was the demand and so importunate the 

 pleadings of his old friend Jonas Whitaker that even Magdalena 

 ultimately left the estate. After the sale, a simple ceremony was 



