684 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Breadalbane (28073), sired by Champion of Eng- 

 land, from Sittyton. In 1872 W. Thompson of 

 Markham imported from the Cruickshank herd 

 the red heifer Michigan Casket, by Senator 

 (27441) out of Cactus by Champion of Eng- 

 land. 



John Miller's first shipment. In August, 

 1870, Mr. John Miller of Brougham, son of Wil- 

 liam Miller Sr. of Markham above mentioned, 

 made his first importation; bringing out the 

 roan Rose of Strathallan a cow of great scale 

 and substance that had been a prize-winner in 

 Scotland bred by Lord Strathallan of Perth, 

 and sired by Mr. Cruickshank's Allan (21172). 

 She was in calf at the time to the Booth bull 

 Prowler (22662), and dropped to that service the 

 red Lord Strathallan 17591, that developed into 

 a handsome show bull, sold to Mr. S. F. Lock- 

 ridge of Greencastle, Ind., at $2,500 and winner 

 of a large number of prizes and challenge cups 

 both in Canada and the States.* In this same 

 importation were a number of English-bred 



* Mr. Lockridge says of this bull: " Lord Strathallan was a nearly solid 

 red, not a dark red, but what might be called a golden red, of great scale, 

 weighing in fair show condition 2,400 Ibs., and could easily have been made 

 to weigh 2,500 Ibs. He was a bull of great length, and, while not remarka- 

 bly short in the leg, was deep of body and wide from end to end, with 

 oblique shoulders, well filled behind them, well-sprung ribs, wide in the 

 chest, with the most remarkable development of brisket I ever saw in a 

 bull. He was good in twist and thigh, a little light in flank, and not so long 

 of hip as the rules of proportion require, perhaps, but compensated foi 

 that defect by extra width at that point. He had a beautiful heal, set on a 

 neck clean and small at the throat- latch, swelling in symmetrical lines into 

 the great chest. His horn wa-s short and flat, thick at the base and on a 

 level with the top of the head. The carriage of the bull was superb. I do 



