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the malady. He was the only animal in the 

 herd that was lost. This is rather a surprising 

 fact in view of the the statement that Prince 

 Alfred is said to have been of robust appear- 

 ance and was thought to have capital constitu- 

 tion. While no opportunity was had to breed 

 any great number of cows to him, the heifers 

 that he left in the herd indicate that his un- 

 timely death was a severe loss. One of his 

 daughters, Garnet, proved the ancestress of 

 some of the best cows in the herd during its 

 later years. Another, Alma, sold as a yearling 

 to Mr. Mitchell, "developed most wonderfully 

 and expanded into one of the largest and 

 grandest cows that was ever seen, with im- 

 mense loins and back and good shoulders. In- 

 deed, as a show-yard animal, few cows ever 

 bred at Sittyton would have been a match for 

 her." She took first prize at the Highland 

 Show of 1876, the cup at Aberdeen in 1879 as 

 best breeding animal in the Short-horn class, 

 besides many other honors. 



Other outside bulls. Between the years 

 1866 and 1877, in addition to Baron Killerby 

 and Prince Alfred, there was bought and tried 

 in the herd the bulls Rob Roy (22740), Count 

 Robert (30812), Scotch Rose (25099)~out of 

 the famous Rosedale; Knight of the Whistle 

 (26558), Master Darlington (37067), Meridian 

 (38748), Ravenshope (22681), and General Wind- 



