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ern States the far-famed Gen. Grant 4825. 

 Few bulls can boast a longer list of show-yard 

 honors, and no other sire ever used in the State 

 left a legacy more valuable than the daughters 

 of Gen. Grant proved to be in leading Western 

 herds. Calved in 1862 in the herd of D. McMil- 

 lan of Xenia, this remarkable bull was shown 

 for five years by his breeder at the leading 

 fairs of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with but one 

 defeat. Passing into the hands of Mr. J. H. 

 Spears of Tallula, 111., in 1867, he not only con- 

 tinued to carry prizes at the Illinois, Iowa and 

 St. Louis shows but sired some of the best cat- 

 tle the West has ever known. 



Gen. Grant came of a noble ancestry. His 

 sire was the $3,000 bull imp. Starlight (see 

 page 252), one of the best bulls ever owned in 

 the State of Ohio. His dam was Mr. McMil- 

 lan's great show cow Jessie (winner of more 

 first and championship prizes at leading Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky fairs from I860 

 to 1867 than any other cow of her day), by 

 Starlight 2cl 2259. It thus appears that Gen. 

 Grant was the product of mating a son and a 

 daughter of old imp. Starlight. The youngster 

 grew to be a remarkably compact bull, with 

 the general appearance at first glance of being 

 somewhat undersized; but in good flesh he 

 would tip the beam at 2,400 Ibs. His head was 

 good perhaps a little too masculine to fill the 



