582 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



placed in service. Philosophical always he re- 

 marked after having lost the $2,000 purchase, 

 Master Butterfly 2d, shortly after his arrival at 

 Sittyton: " It is the best thing that could have 

 happened, for he would only have done mis- 

 chief in the herd. He hasn't died a day too 

 soon." He was not the man to "enthuse" over 

 any beast, no matter how great its reputation 

 or its cost, unless he thought he could see some 

 indications that it would prove useful in devel- 

 oping the type of cattle sought. The brothers 

 therefore proved each useful to the other. To- 

 gether they gave the world one of its greatest 

 and most valuable herds.* 



*" The two brothers made an excellent combination, but in some ways 

 were very unlike. Anthony was the keener, brighter, more intellectual 

 spirit of the two. He had a fine rich voice and dark bright eyes, the sparkle 

 of which denoted a high degree of intelligence. Amos was stouter built, of 

 a quieter and more phlegmatic type. The one was always ready to con- 

 verse; the other was of the silent sort. No interviewer or newspaper cor- 

 respondent could make any thing of Amos; even the genial 'Druid' failed 

 to draw him. Anthony would discuss the merits of an animal in detail, be 

 it Short-horn or Clydesdale, and give a reason for the faith that was in him; 

 but it required almost a surgical operation to get any deliverance on the 

 subject from Amos. 'A good beast' or ' Not a good beast ' was about all 

 you might expect. Anthony attended to the herd-book entries, the adver- 

 tising and cataloguing of the stock, and, I believe, named all the animals, 

 but the practical management of the farms and herd devolved, of course, 

 on his brother. In their numerous purchases of stock Anthony looked 

 much to show-yard reputation and pedigree, Amos almost entirely to the 

 personal appearance of the animal itself, and he had his own notions of 

 what constituted a good sort. 'I had often great battles,' he told me, ' with 

 Anthony about the bulls we were to use. A vast deal of money was spent 

 in the purchase of animals that did no good whatever/ Amos did not 

 bother much with the herd book, and I am told could seldom be got to look 

 at it. In this respect, I believe, he resembled Richard Booth, Wilkinson of 

 Lenton and many other noted breeders. His brother's object in a large 

 measure was to make the undertaking a commercial success. He studied 

 what would attract and please his customers. Amos, on the other hand, 

 had the eye of a breeder and strove to get his animals of the type that 

 pleased himself. He seemed to have an intuitive knowledge cf what con- 



