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mention Mr. William Wai-field's Princess and 

 Mr. Kinnaird's Pearl. 



Muscatoon 7057. This celebrated sire of 

 prize cattle in the herd of Mr. William Warfield 

 of Grasrnere was one of the fruits of the great 

 herd assembled by Mr. Alexander at Woodburn. 

 He was a red bull, sired by the Bates-bred Royal 

 Oxford (18774) out of Mazurka 2d by Orontes 2d 

 (11877); second dam that famous Lincolnshire 

 roan imp. Mazurka by Harbinger. There is 

 no question as to this cow having been one of 

 the best ever imported. Rich in color, her 

 capital carcass, with its far-famed back and 

 flank, was set off by a head of surpassing sweet- 

 ness. Muscatoon was a red with a perfect head 

 and the full eye of the kindly feeder. He was 

 strongly filled behind the shoulder and had the 

 rib and full lower line of Mazurka joined to 

 the great loin and thighs of Orontes 2d. He 

 was bought by Mr. Warfield as a yearling, and 

 his career at Grasmere both as a show bull and 

 a stock-getter did much to strengthen the rep- 

 utation of the Woodburn stock. Although 

 shown by Mr. Warfield with exceptional suc- 

 cess from 1867 to 1871 his most lasting fame 

 was gained as a getter of extraordinary show 

 and breeding animals. In fact in the rings for 

 best lot of calves the get of one bull he was al- 

 most invincible in the State of Kentucky in the 

 later sixties. The most remarkable feature of 



