128 THE GUERNSEY BREED 



In the Fuller importation came Herald 990 and his son 

 Herald 2d 994, and the blood of these bulls appears in many 

 of the pedigrees of today. With the first importation of Mr. 

 Morton's came the bull Safeguard 1790. Later he imported 

 Lord Stranford 2187, that became the greatest prize winning 

 bull of the breed. He won first prize as a yearling on the 

 island and won more than 125 prizes at nearly all the great 

 fairs east and west in this country, but he never proved to 

 be even an ordinary sire, and his blood now appears principally 

 in pedigrees through his son Sheet Anchor and his daughter 

 Robinson's Princess. While he attracted great attention as a 

 show bull, there is no doubt that in his case the breed would 

 be better if he had never been born. 



The next imported bull to attract particular attention was 

 Golden Knight 3405, imported by E. S. Clark, Cooperstown, 

 N. Y. He has through his sons Penwyn 4590 and Fenimore 

 Prince 4559 contributed to the good of the breed. 



Three bulls came over in the latter Morton importations, 

 and the bull Annatto 3887, that won the Queen's prize in 

 1894, proved a very good sire and his blood has been dispersed 

 to many of the herds of the couatry. In 1899 Howard Tuttle 

 imported the bull Royal of La Lande 6223, and his list of 

 advanced register daughters proves that he must have been 

 a high-class sire. 



In 1899 Mr. Hope imported for Mr. Twombly the bull, 

 Island Champion 6263, known on the island as Masher 2d 

 858, P. S., and he had been four times first over the island, 

 second once, and third twice, besides winning the Queen's 

 prize for the best bull in 1895. He was without doubt one 

 of the best bulls of the breed, having eight advanced register 

 daughters and six advanced register sons. This bull was of 

 a pronounced dairy type, beautiful in color, head, and carriage. 

 I well remember the great impression he made upon me the 

 first time that I saw him. His son, France's Masher 2d 7248, 

 was first prize in 1900 and was imported in 1901 by Louis 

 Cabot, of Dublin, N. H., and later sold to S. M. Shoemaker, 

 of Eccleston, Md. He had 28 registered daughters in this 

 country, 13 of them having records up to 739.4 pounds of fat, 

 and three advanced register sons. Cock of the Walk 8116, 

 a foundation stock bull that very few American breeders 

 fancied, nevertheless proved to be a good sire. Among the 

 many good animals that he sired is Spotswood Daisy Pearl 

 7696, that made a record of 957.38 pounds of fat, being the 

 largest record made by any cow up to that time. 



