590 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Kinellar, was a son of Flora. The Venus fam- 

 ily was retained until the final dispersion of 

 the herd. 



The family of Mimulus. A good Short-horn 

 cow was bought in 1841 from the Rev. Robert 

 Douglas of the parish of Ellon, not far from 

 Sittyton. The minister was engaged in farm- 

 ing and had the reputation of being a first-class 

 judge. The cow in question had been bred by 

 John Rennie of Phantassie from a Ladykirk 

 foundation. At Sittyton she was bred to Ink- 

 horn and produced the heifer Phantassie, which 

 in turn left the heifer Maidstone, by Matadore. 

 The latter to a service by Lord Raglan pro- 

 duced Mistletoe, that was the dam of the ex- 

 traordinary red cow Mimulus, by Champion of 

 England. This cow was sold to Hon. John 

 Dryden of Canada, after having produced at 

 Sittyton the bull calf that subsequently devel- 

 oped into the great bull Royal Duke of Gloster 

 (29864), the sire of such bulls as Roan Gauntlet 

 (35284), Barmpton (37763), Grand Vizier (34086) 

 and Privy Seal (50168); and such cows as Cus- 

 tard, the dam of Cumberland, Souvenir, Silvia, 

 Lavender 17th, Garnish and Violet Queen. In 

 Canada Mimulus became the darn of the famous 

 bull Barmpton Hero that did splendid service 

 up to the age of fifteen years, contributing 

 many thick-fleshed, compactly-fashioned cattle 

 of the real Aberdeenshire type to various 



