AMOS CRUICKSHANK OF SITTYTON. 617 



Hudson (9228), Report (10704) and Velvet 

 Jacket (10998). At the English Royal Show 

 of 1848 the first-prize bull in the class for 

 yearlings was Hudson (9228), bred by W. Lin- 

 ton of Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire. Being in 

 need of a bull Amos Cruickshank went to see 

 him and although not particularly impressed 

 bought him it is stated because he could not 

 suit himself better at the time for use at Sit- 

 tyton. Hudson was a yellow-red, somewhat 

 lacking in scale, but possessed of exceptional 

 quality, and won second at a Royal Northern 

 Show. He was kept in service two years and 

 two of his daughters, both possessing his golden 

 skin and quality, were retained for breeding 

 purposes. One of these was China Rose out of 

 the Violet cow Carmine Rose above mentioned. 



Resort was next had to the herd of S. Wiley 

 of Brandsby, from whom was hired the roan 

 bull Report (10704), described as "neat and 

 compact, but smallish; and chiefly remembered 

 as the sire of a remarkably fine cow, Buttercup, 

 which had both substance and style in an unu- 

 sual degree." Fair success seems to have at- 

 tended the use of the Wiley bull. 



The roan Velvet Jacket (10998), bred by Mr. 

 Un thank, was bought in 1850 from Douglas of 

 Athelstaneford, whose East Lothian herd had 

 leaped into fame as a result of some remarka- 

 ble show-yard victories. Bred to Rose of Au- 



