428 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Ravenswood Farm, Mo., had purchased from D. 

 McMillan of Ohio the eight-months bull calf 

 Oakland Favorite 10546, sired by Loyal Duke of 

 Oakland 6977 out of Mignonette by Gen. Grant 

 4825; second dam Jessie the dam of Gen. 

 Grant by Starlight 2d 2259. He sustained the 

 good reputation of the McMillan stock, prov- 

 ing an extra show bull and winning for Mr. 

 Leonard many first and championship prizes 

 west of the Mississippi River. 



In 1872 Mr. John G. Cowan of Holt Co., 

 Mo., purchased the celebrated Loudon Duke 

 6th 10399, bred by Mr. Warfield and sired by 

 Muscatoon 7057 out of the great show cow 

 Loudon Duchess 2d by Duncan's Duke of Air- 

 drie 2743. We believe this bull was once de- 

 feated at Kansas City by Mr. Leonard's Oak- 

 land Favorite, but his career in the Missouri, 

 Kansas and Nebraska show-yards represented 

 an almost unbroken line of victories. He was 

 a red with straight top and bottom lines; a 

 broad, deep chest; good on the fore ribs and 

 through the heart; possessing smooth, well-laid 

 shoulders, deep ribs, low flanks, faultless hind 

 quarters and the traditional Duke of Airdrie 

 neatness. He had been shown by Mr. Warfield 

 with great success in Kentucky, Ohio and In- 

 diana, where he had only been beaten once as 

 as a yearling. Mr. Cowan paid $3,000 for him 

 as a two-year-old, and his exhibition at the 



