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had hitherto obtained. Another of CHARLES CoLLinc’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 CoLuine 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 
CuakRLes COLLir:. first noticed on Darlington Market some super- 
lative veals - * “ound on inquiry that the calves were sired by a 
bull belon, » Mr. Fawcett of Haughton Hill. Mr. Cotiine 
went to see him but was not sufficiently 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. CoLuinc 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. Huppack 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, 
Huspack 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 made 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. Cot- 
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 
