78 CATTLE SHORTHORNS 



"Verdure," dams of "Champion of England" (17526) and 

 " Scarlet Velvet " (16916) two of the greatest sires of Scotch 

 Shorthorns; "Doctor Buckingham" (14405), a red of pure 

 Booth blood, which cost 400 guineas, exported to Kentucky 

 after establishing the Orange Blossom family ; " The Baron " 

 (13833), a red, from Richard Chaloner in Ireland, famous 

 as a prize-winner and as a sire of heifers which grew into 

 fine cows but went off early and showed indications of 

 disease or delicacy of constitution; "Baronet" (1614), and 

 "Lancaster Royal" (18167), both sons of "Baron," with 

 more constitution than their sire ; " Lord Bathurst" (15173), 

 a roan with white legs, which bred remarkably well being 

 through his daughters " Violet " and " Vintage " grandsire 

 of "Village Rose" and "Village Belle" the two best cows 

 by " Champion of England," and in the front rank of the 

 best ever bred by Cruickshank ; " Master Butterfly 2nd " 

 (14918) which was a son of flash show parents, cost 400 

 guineas, but left stock of little credit to him; "John Bull" 

 (11618), a very long bull, but too high on his legs, which left 

 only two really good cows, " Cressida " and " Jubilee " ; " Lord 

 Raglan" (13244), a very valuable bull, bred by Mark Stewart 

 of Southwick, described as " large, stylish, but rather high 

 standing, fertile as a yearling, useless as a two-year-old, and 

 unusually prolific ever after" sire of three famous cows, 

 " Butterfly 5th," " The Gem," and " Golden Days," this last "the 

 best milker of her time in the herd " ; " The Czar" (20947), a 

 red who has, through his daughter " Carmine," become grand- 

 sire of the noted " Princess Royal " ; " Lancaster Comet " 

 (11663) which came from the superior stock of Wilkinson of 

 Lenton. He was eight years old, and had a large head and 

 "horns of great length," and of almost uniform thickness 

 throughout. Even with these defects he was a good bull. 

 " He stood near the ground, had a beautiful coat of hair, 

 straight top and bottom lines, level quarters, nicely 

 filled thighs, carried plenty of flesh, and was active on 

 his feet." He was in-bred, as his sire and dam had been 

 got by the same bull. He left few calves, but among them 

 was the epoch-making roan bull " Champion of England " 

 (17526), the most successful sire of all the Sittyton sires. 



Sanders says of this last : " One after another of the sons 

 and daughters of this, the greatest stock bull Scotland has 



