600 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



great sire seemed to bring them out. Victo- 

 ria 39th, by that bull, was a good one and bred 

 on to old age. Her heifer Victoria 41st, by 

 Lord Privy Seal, was of the right stamp and a 

 good breeder, producing the thick Victoria 57th 

 and the good stock bull Ventriloquist (44180). 

 The family improved with age under Mr. 

 Cruickshank's skillful crossing, and Victoria 

 48th, by Lord Lancaster, a cow of marked 

 merit, produced Royal Victor (43792), that be- 

 came the sire of Gravesend (46461). Of this 

 tribe also was the bull Vermont (47193), that 

 did good service in the herd of Mr. Campbell 

 of Kinellar, and Deane Willis' 500-guinea prize 

 bull Count Victor (66877).* 



The Sittyton Victorias imported to America 

 have proved among the most valuable Scotch- 

 bred Short-horns that ever crossed the Atlan- 

 tic. The first to come out was the roan Victo- 

 ria 51st, by Royal Duke of Gloster (29864), im- 

 ported by Mr. Davis Lowman of Toulon, 111., in 



* Although the Victorias had a pedigree running back to " the beautiful 

 Lady Maynard " of Charles Ceiling's herd the original females of this fam- 

 ily at Sittyton were not well liked by Amos Cruickshank. The old Scot's 

 Boswell, Mr. Jamieson, says: "I remember passing through the byres at 

 Sittyton one (Jay many years ago when we came upon a roan cow. ' This,' 

 said Mr. Cruickshank, 'is a Victoria; my brother thinks a great deal of 

 them.' With characteristic reticence he said nothing as to his own opinion, 

 but I gathered from the tone that it was not quite so favorable. It was not 

 until their constitution had been renovated by one or two crosses of Cham- 

 pion of England blood that any bulls of the tribe were kept for service in 

 the herd." Latterly, however, the original defects were quite bred out and 

 the substance, flesh and feeding quality for which Sittyton finally became 

 so famous was impressed upon the Victorias in common with the other 

 leading Cruickshank tribes 



