598 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Rose was considered the best combination of 

 beef and milk in the entire herd ; that " her 

 bag would have excited the cupidity of a Lon- 

 don dairyman/' and of the same extraordinary 

 pattern was her daughter Cochineal, which, 

 bred to Princess Royal's great son Roan Gaunt- 

 let (35284), produced the massive Cayhurst 

 (47560), used by Mr. Duthie, sold to Mr. Jamie- 

 son, and eventually passing to Mr. Sutton-Nel- 

 thorpe of Lincolnshire. 



Princess Royal is said to have been a grand, 

 big roan, but not so great a dairy cow as her 

 sister Carmine Rose. As a breeder her influ- 

 ence in the herd was felt for generations. She 

 became the dam of the four fine cows Custard, 

 Claret, Crocus and Chrysanthemum, besides 

 giving birth to the renowned Roan Gauntlet, 

 one of the most famous of all Sittyton sires. 

 Custard was a heifer of rare beauty from the 

 beginning, neat, but not large, and produced 

 the two bulls Cumberland (46144) and Commo- 

 dore (54118). She was specially strong in her 

 hind quarters, a characteristic that was inher- 

 ited by Cumberland, a bull that was extensively 

 used by Mr. Cruickshank in his later years. 

 Commodore grew into a bull that was the ad- 

 miration of his time, but unfortunately after 

 having been used for a short period with great 

 success died at sea en route for South America. 



Claret carried the size and substance of her 



