594 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



ry's daughter Bounty, by The Pacha, dropped 

 the splendid cow Buttercup, by Report (10704), 

 and she in turn produced the stock bull Baro- 

 net (16614). From her also was derived a great 

 set of cows known as the Butterflys, that proved 

 prolific breeders of the right sort of stock. In- 

 deed Buttercup was called one of the very finest 

 cows ever seen at Sittyton. She was a red, with 

 an exceptionally strong back and rib, and all 

 of. her immediate descendants were similarly 

 distinguished. Butterfly 1st carried the High- 

 land Society's first prize in 1856, and Butterfly 

 4th was first at the Royal Northern in 1862. 

 The original Butterfly, by Matadore, was de- 

 scribed as "a deep-ribbed rather high-standing 

 red cow." She proved long-lived and produced 

 many calves, among others two bulls that saw 

 some service in the herd; to-wit., Lord Byron 

 (24363) and Royal Forth (25022). Butterfly 9th 

 of this family produced the red bull Breadal- 

 bane (28073), by Champion of England, that 

 was used for a time by Mr. Cruickshank and 

 imported into Canada in 1871 by H. Thompson. 

 The Ury cow Clara, above mentioned, became 

 the dam of the heifer Barcliana that produced 

 the noted roan stock bull Lord Sackville 

 (13249). Another one of the Barclay cows, 

 Emily, left a number of descendants at Sitty- 

 ton, one of which, Lucy, by The Baron, pro- 

 duced the bull Lord Chamberlain used in the 



