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ordered, to present Mr. CoLinc with a piece of silver plate bear- 
ing the signatures of over fifty breeders, “as a token of gratitude 
due from the benefit they have derived from his judgment, and 
also as a testimony of their esteem for him as a man.” 
Rosert Cou.ine’s individual accomplishments were perhaps 
lesser than those of CHARLES, but it is difficult to say just where 
his counsels ended and CHARLES’ began, so intimate was their 
association. Early in his career, he bought Leicester sheep from 
BAKEWELL (78) and developed a system of ram leases that be- 
came a certain source of profit. Three tribes of Shorthorns were 
created at Barmpton, the Wildairs, the Red Roses and the Prin- 
cesses, while the bulk of the foundation bulls of THomas Bootu 
were here produced. The Princess blood was indeed epochal as 
through the Princess-bred Belvedere, Mr. Bates (74) ultimate 
success occurred. RoBERT CoLLinc’s partial dispersion was in 
1818 and completed in 1820. At the first sale sixty head sold for 
$40,000, while two years later forty-six head brought only $10,- 
000, due to the deep agricultural depression of the time. 
