356 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



by R. A. Alexander, calved in 1863 and brought 

 to Illinois by Mr. Duncan as a two-year-old in 

 1865. He was a strong-backed red, of great 

 scale and fine style; indeed quite a typical 

 specimen of the class of bulls then so popular 

 in Ohio and Kentucky. He was sired by the 

 Filbert Bell-Bates bull Lord Derby 4949* out of 

 Minna 2d by imp. Duke of Airdrie (12730); sec- 

 ond dam the red cow Minna by Bridegroom, 

 which Mr. Alexander had imported from the 

 herd of Mr. Fawkes of Farneley Hall, 



Minister was not only one of the star show 

 bulls of -his day in Illinois but sired show stock, 

 one of his best sons being the prize bull Royal 

 Rose 12852, that was out of a Yanmeter Red 

 Rose-Young Mary dam and sold at auction in 

 1874 for $1,000. Minister was also the sire of 

 the roan Miss Leslie, a Young Mary that sold 

 at Col. King's Dexter Park sale in 1874 along 

 with her daughter by Gen. Napier for $4,020 to 

 the late C. A. DeGraff of Minnesota. He was 

 also the sire of the Young Phyllis show cows 

 Pattie Moore, Pattie Moore 2d and Queen of 

 the Meadows. 



J. M. Hill's sale. Among the earlier Illinois 

 breeders who took an interest in the show-ring 

 was Mr. J. M. Hill of Harristown. Like most 



Lcnxl Derby was sired by Albion 2482, a white bull by imp. Grand Turk 

 (12969) a Bates-crossed Booth. Albion's dam was imp. Frances Fairfax, 

 bred by Mr. Ambler and a half-sister to Mr. Cruickshank's noted stock bull 

 Lord Raslan, by Crusade (738). 



