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his sons ; unfortunately, however, he broke a 

 leg as the result of an accident at two years 

 old, leaving but few calves, all of which were 

 of pronounced merit. Among them was Royal 

 Duke of Gloster (29864), that was not only a 

 bull of superb individual merit, but proved one 

 of the most valuable sires ever used in the 

 herd. Mr. Cruickshank always considered that 

 his loss of Grand Duke of Gloster was almost 

 irreparable. 



The Duchess of Gloster sort was not largely 

 represented in the herd toward the last, but at 

 different times has thrown some of the most 

 perfect specimens of the real Cruickshank 

 type. 



The Secrets. Another one of Anthony 

 Cruickshank's purchases was the cow Sympa- 

 thy, bought at Mr. Tanqueray's sale at Hendon, 

 along with the bull The Baron (13833), in 1855. 

 She represented the Bates line of breeding and 

 was got by the Duchess bull Duke of Athol 

 (10150). She was in calf to The Baron at the 

 time of purchase and produced to that service 

 the heifer Sunrise. Sympathy afterward pro- 

 duced two heifers, Splendor and Splendid, by 

 Lord Sackville (13249). While Sympathy and 

 Sunrise were rather deficient in substance the 

 Lord Sackville heifers were full of it. Mr. 

 Cruickshank retained at Sittyton only the de- 

 scendants of this robust pair. The sort proved 



