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cida, by Master of Athelstane (14933), and her 

 bull calf by Knight of Athelstane (20075), and 

 Queen of Athelstane's roan bull calf, Crown 

 Prince of Athelstane (21512). As stated on 

 page 649, these cattle represented some of the 

 leading show-yard celebrities of their time in 

 Great Britain. 



In 1868 Mr. Christie brought out from Eng- 

 land the red-and-white Booth bull Knight of 

 St. George 8472, bred by Mr. Carr of Yorkshire 

 and sired by Prince of the Realm (22627) out of 

 Windsor's Queen by Windsor (14013). Bred to 

 Crown Princess of Athelstane, Knight of St. 

 George sired Crown Prince of Athelstane 2d 

 16585, calved in 1872, that was sold to John 

 Miller and James I. Davidson. The latter bred 

 him to some of his best Cruickshank cows, the 

 cross proving one of the greatest "hits" known 

 in the American Short-horn trade. The Scotch 

 cattle bearing this cross, in the hands of Messrs. 

 Kissinger, Wilhoit, Potts and others in the West- 

 ern States, were distinguished for their consti- 

 tution, thrift and feeding quality, contributing 

 some of the most successful cattle ever pro- 

 duced on this side the Atlantic. 



Cruickshank cattle at the shows. Mr. 

 Joseph S. Thompson of Mayfield, Whitby, On- 

 tario, made an importation by the ship Euro- 

 pean in August, 1870, that fairly entitled him 

 to the credit of having first brought the Sitty- 



