History‘and Traditions of Short Horn Cattle. 
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her veins. Her size was barely medium for 
a Short Horn, with a carcase near the ground, 
and very fine in all her points. She was a 
quick feeder, and would keep in good condi¬ 
tion though running on the poor, short pas¬ 
ture of the common highway, and givingmilk 
at the time. According to Mr. Berry’s ac¬ 
count, when put upon good pasture near Dar¬ 
lington, she soon become too fat to breed, 
and was consequently sent to the butcher. 
She was originally owned by Mr. Hunter 
near Hunworth, and there bred to Mr. Snow¬ 
den’s bull, of Sir James Pennyman’s stock, 
and that produce was Hubback. When a 
calf, he and his mother were both sold in the 
Darlington market. The purchaser retained 
the cow, but re-sold the calf to a blacksmith, 
who gave it to his daughter after her mar¬ 
riage, and it was brought up in the lanes at 
Hornby, within five miles of Kirkleavington. 
In 1783 it became the property of Mr. R. 
Colling, and his neighbor Mr. Waistell, but 
it was not till a year after this, that Hubback 
attracted Mr. C. Colling’s particular atten¬ 
tion. He had then just returned from spend¬ 
ing a week with the celebrated Mr. Bake- 
well, at Dishley, who at that period, was in 
the zenith of his glory as a breeder, and 
doubtless gave Mr. Colling many a good 
lesson on Cattle, for upon getting back to 
Durham, he instantly saw how superior Hub- 
back was to the much vaunted Long Plorns of 
Leicestershire, and was at once aroused to 
his great merits, and immediately very 
adroitly bought him for £8. 8. of his brother 
and Mr. Waistell, and would never after per¬ 
mit him to breed to any but his own herd. 
Hubback was a remarkable quick feeder, 
with clear waxy horns, mild, bright eyes, and 
a very pleasing countenance. His handling 
was superior to any bull of his day; his coat 
was of soft downy hair, and he had the habit 
of retaining it long in the spring before shed- 
ing. He had the same propensity to take on 
flesh as his dam, and with Mr. C. Colling’s 
good keep, soon became useless as a breeder. 
Bolingbroke (86), son of the celebrated 
bull Favorite (252), took on flesh rapidly, and 
in other respects was much like Hubback. 
Favorite, his son, was a large massy ani- 
St. Quintin and others made their importations. Mr. 
Bates had some of the same in his possession, which he 
called the Wild Eyes breed of Short Horns. They were 
originally pure white, and it is this tribe which is sup¬ 
posed to have marked the Short Horn families generally, 
and not the Wild Cattle of Chillingworth Park, as as¬ 
serted by Mr. Youatt in his work on British Cattle; 
for these last have a white brittle horn, a dull, sluggish, 
ferocious eye, and other characteristics totally different 
from any well-bred Short Horn. 
mal, partaking more of the character of his 
dam Phoenix, than that of his sire. He pos¬ 
sessed remarkable good loins, and long level 
hind quarters; liis shoulder points stood 
wide, and were somewhat coarse, and too 
forward in the neck; his horns also, in com¬ 
parison with Hubback’s, were long and strong. 
These qualities were derived from Mr. Hill’s 
stock of Blackwell, to which, though several 
crosses off, he seemed to breed directly 
back in all his general characteristics. He 
was a powerful animal, and of great consti¬ 
tution. As a proof of this last quality, Mr. 
Colling used to show with great pride a fine 
large heifer from him, of direct in and in 
breeding, of sire to daughter, grand-daughter, 
and so on to her, of the sixth generation. 
His bull calves were generally like himself, 
a trifle coarse, but of good constitution. 
Comet was the most celebrated of his get, 
and sold for 1000 guineas. It was the stock 
of these two last bulls that brought the Short 
Horns into so great repute. 
Phoenix, the dam of Favorite, was a large 
open boned cow, with more horn, and alto¬ 
gether coarser than her dam the beautiful 
Lady Maynard. Both Phoenix and Old Jo¬ 
hanna had the fat lumps on the points of their 
buttocks, that formerly for a time carried off 
all the prizes at the Yorkshire Cattle Shows. 
But these critical remarks we fear are ex¬ 
hausting the patience of our readers. 
To say that we admired Mr. Bates’ stock, 
is only reiterating the opinion of many of the 
best judges in England. It particularly ex¬ 
cels in handling* and feeding qualities, and 
he informed us that in milking they were 
quite equal. He has hitherto been more 
successful than any other breeder, in obtain¬ 
ing prizes at the Royal Agricultural Shows, 
and whether he continues so hereafter, re¬ 
mains to be seen. It is both troublesome 
and expensive showing stock, and perhaps 
satisfied with the honors already obtained, 
he may now retire from further competition. 
The Farm of Mr. Bates— clay lands.— 
His farm is about one thousand acres, of a 
stiff clay to the very top, reminding us 
strongly, in its whole composition, of the 
adhesive soil of a considerable portion of 
western New-York, and especially on the 
banks of the Niagara river. 
In the moist climate of England it is very 
productive, especially in the grasses. But it 
takes a century for a meadow on such land 
to perfect itself, and we were absolutely as- 
* See the term handling defined in this No. of our 
paper. 
