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the cow Avalanche, bought as a yearling at the 

 sale of Mr. Budding of Panton in 1860. She 

 was a roan, sired by the closely-bred Booth 

 bull Sir Samuel, and, although not particularly 

 strong as an individual, she left a heifer in the 

 herd, Anemone, by the prize bull Forth (17866), 

 that was fruitful of good results. Bred to the 

 Champion of England bull Csesar Augustus 

 (25704), Anemone produced Azalea, the mother 

 of the great Field Marshal (47870) undoubt- 

 edly the grandest of all the latter-day Cruick- 

 shank bulls. She was also the dam of the good 

 sire Athabasca (47359), used with success by 

 Mr. Marr at Uppermill. Alma, a granddaugh- 

 ter of Anemone, was one of the best cows pro- 

 duced by the Avalanche tribe ; acquiring con- 

 siderable renown in the herd of Mr. Mitchell. 

 No bulls of this tribe were tried by Mr. Cruick- 

 shank. 



Violette. A rather plain-looking cow of 

 this name, that produced valuable stock when 

 crossed with Cruickshank bulls, was bought in 

 1860 at the sale of her breeder, Mr. Morrison 

 of Montcoffer. Mated with Champion of Eng- 

 land she gave birth to three capital daughters, 

 known as Violante, Finella and Victorine. To 

 Grand Monarque she produced Vellum. Vio- 

 lante was a noble cow and bred until fifteen 

 years of age. Vellum produced the bull Privy 

 Seal (50268), that proved useful in the herd of 



