638 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



usual caution he felt his way slowly at first 

 with the Champion of England bulls, but when 

 once convinced that he was on the right track 

 he pursued his plan to the end. 



Among the bulls chosen for the purpose of 

 concentrating this blood may be mentioned 

 the roan Caractacus (19397), a winner of chal- 

 lenge cups at Aberdeen and Perth, that was 

 calved in 1862 by Nonpareil 20th, a daugh- 

 ter of The Baron; the roan Grand Monarque 

 (21867), calved in 1863 by Violet by Lord Bath- 

 urst; the roan Royal Oak (22792), dropped in 

 1864 by Oakleaf by The Baron; the red Prince 

 Imperial (22595), calved in 1864 by Candia by 

 The Baron; the red Lord Byron (24363), dropped 

 in 1865 by Butterfly by Matadore; the red Caesar 

 Augustus (25704), calved in 1867 by Emily, 

 daughter of Lord Sackville; the roan Grand 

 Duke of Gloster (26288), dropped in 1868 by 9th 

 Duchess of Gloster, daughter of Lord Raglan; 

 the roan Lord Lancaster (26666), of the crop of 

 1868, dropped by Lovely 9th by Windsor Au- 

 gustus; the roan Master of Arts (26867), dropped 

 same year by The Gem by Lord Raglan; and 

 the roan Viceroy (32764), calved in 1871 by 

 Violet's Forth, afterward a noted show c'ow in 

 America. 



It does not appear that the bulls from cows 

 by The Baron made any special impression on 

 the herd. Those representing the cross of 



