94 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 



AN ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR 



31. CHARLES E. DUGGAN is the first breeder from the Argen- 

 tine to visit the International as a judge, and one of the leading 

 figures in the effort to promote an entente cordiale between the 

 Shorthorn promoters of the northern and southern continents. 

 Of British parentage, his father Irish and his mother English, 

 he was born native of Argentina in the late 60's. His start in 

 the Shorthorn industry was most auspicious, as his father had 

 acquired the CRUICKSHANK Argentine importation, bought by 

 THOMAS NELSON, CHARLES DUGGAN'S maternal grandfather. As 

 head of the firm of DUGGAN BROS., he operates estancias totaling 

 one million acres, one of the largest holdings in the Argentine. 

 The DUGGANS have persistently held to the female descendants 

 of the original CRUICKSHANK importation, and although the ani- 

 mals are kept in rough outdoor condition, some noteworthy sires 

 and show animals in other hands have been sold from the herd. 

 DUGGAN bulls have the singular habit of breeding better than 

 they appear and so firmly entrenched has his position become 

 to Argentine breeders that he has for many years been treasurer 

 of the Shorthorn Association in Argentina. In 1916 MR. DUGGAN 

 came to the International to judge the bullocks and at the same 

 time he assisted on the Shorthorn breeding cattle. In the name 

 of the family he has presented to the American Shorthorn Asso- 

 ciation a cup for the best bull and female bred by exhibitor, 

 permanent possession being obtained when one exhibitor has 

 won it three times, or at two Internationals in succession. 



