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bull's hair, quality and thrift that led Mr. 

 Cruickshank to decide upon his retention for a 

 time at least. The bull was particularly strong 

 on his fore ribs, developed remarkable feeding 

 quality and soon began to assume more mas- 

 sive proportions than had been displayed by 

 his sire. He was not so level in his quarters 

 as Lancaster Comet, drooping a bit from the 

 hips to the tail, a fault which he probably in- 

 herited from his dam.* His calves soon evi- 

 denced rare promise. They were robust, thick- 

 fleshed, near to the ground and possessed a pro- 

 pensity for putting on flesh such as had not 

 been shown by the get of any of his predeces- 

 sors in service. Mr. Cruickshank resolved to 

 use him freely and not risk impairment of his 

 usefulness by putting him in high condition 

 for the shows. Meantime the settled policy of 

 testing the best bulls obtainable from contem- 

 porary stocks was not abandoned. 



Windsor Augustus (19157). The selection 

 of this roan bull represented another effort on 

 the part of Messrs. Cruickshank to utilize Booth 

 blood. Like the previous experiments, how- 

 ever, in the same direction it did not altogether 

 fulfil expectations. Windsor Augustus was 



*Mr. Jamieson writes: "I do not remember having 1 seen the Cham- 

 pion's dam, but one day when going 1 through the byres with Amos Cruick- 

 shank I asked him what like a beast she was. ' Well,' said he, ' she was 

 very like that one,' pointing to a cow standing at the end of the byre. This 

 was a good-sized red animal, with plainish hind quarters. Champion of 

 England was never kept on account of the merits of his dam." 



