AMOS CRUICKSHANK OF SITTYTON. 641 



degree his robust constitution, thrift and thick- 

 ness of flesh. Unfortunately the Grand Duke 

 met with an accident which resulted in his 

 death as a two-year-old. 



Roan Gauntlet. The mating of the inbred 

 Eoyal Duke of Gloster with the Champion of 

 England cow Princess Royal resulted in the 

 production in 1873 of the most famous of all 

 the latter-day Sittyton stock bulls, Roan Gaunt- 

 let (35284). A glance at the subjoined tabula- 

 tion will be of interest: 



{ Champion of England 



{9th Di 

 ter, by Lord Raglan 

 I (13244). 

 ( Champion of England 



Uimulus. JMistleto^bylord 



I. Raglan (13244). 



{Lancaster Comet 

 (11663). 

 Virtue, by Plantaga- 

 net (11906). 



Q ' Princess Royal. 



( The Czar (20947). 

 Carmine. < Cressida, 



I by John Bull (11618). 



This was certainly subjecting the Champion 

 of England blood to a searching test, and as 

 Roan Gauntlet proved one of the greatest sires 

 of his day Mr. Cruickshank's judgment found in 

 his case ample vindication. Some of the objec- 

 tionable features of old Lancaster Comet's head 

 were visible in Roan Gauntlet, but the out- 

 standing excellence of his progeny furnished 

 fresh proof of the fact that it is a mistake to 

 discard an otherwise remarkable bull for a 



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