AMOS CRUICKSHANK OF SITTYTON. 599 



mother, but produced only two calves, one of 

 which was the fine sire Clear-the-Way (47604), 

 used at Cairnbrogie and by Bruce of Inverqu- 

 homery. The table-backed white Chrysanthe- 

 mum, that became the property of Mr. William 

 Duthie of Collynie on the final sale of the herd, 

 was the dam of the massive bull Chamberlain 

 (60461), that passed into the possession of Mr. 

 Philo L. Mills of Ruddington Hall. All in all it 

 is doubtful if Sittyton ever produced a greater 

 breeding cow than Princess Royal! From this 

 same Clipper foundation came Mr. Duthie's 

 prize bull Pride of Morning (64546). 



The Victorias. The first of this Mason-bred 

 tribe to enter the Cruickshank herd was Victo- 

 ria 19th, by Lord John (11731), that was bid off 

 by Anthony Cruickshank at the sale of Mr. 

 Holmes of Westmeath, Ireland. Although full 

 of the best English blood she lacked the sub-' 

 stance which Mr. Amos Cruickshank had inva- 

 riably insisted upon. On her arrival in Scot- 

 land she was sent to Mr. Hay's at Shethin to be 

 bulled by the Booth-bred Red Knight (11976), 

 and to this service produced the twin heifers 

 Victoria 29th and 30th. It is said that the for- 

 mer "had weak loins and was not good; the 

 latter much better, but left no female stock." 

 The dam was called delicate and the sort 

 showed no special merit at Sittyton until 

 crossed with Champion of England. That 



