688 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



shank cause in the States; taking out to the 

 West a car-load lot of Sittyton-bred cattle that 

 in after years proved a mine of wealth to the 

 breeders, feeders and farmers of the corn belt. 

 It was at this period that Mr. Davidson made 

 his fortunate use of Crown Prince of Athel- 

 stane 2d 16585 upon Cruickshank cows and 

 heifers. In 1876 Daniel Cookson of Iowa paid 

 $2,500 for five calves sired by this bull. An- 

 other, the heifer Rose of Sharon from imp. 

 Rosemary, was bought by Mr. Palmer of Mis- 

 souri at one of Kissinger's sales at $600, and won 

 championship honors at St. Louis, not meeting 

 defeat at any point on the Western circuit. 

 Crown Prince of Athelstane 2d was a prize-win- 

 ner himself, never having been defeated in the 

 show-ring. Mr. Davidson always refused to 

 price him and retained him in service until his 

 death, which occurred at seven years of age. 

 The ' extraordinary success of this Athelstane 

 cross in the States is referred to elsewhere. 



From 1881 to 1887 Mr. Davidson had prac- 

 tically a monopoly of the handling of such 

 stock as Mr. Cruickshank could spare for the 

 American trade. It would require more space 

 than we have here at our command to enumer- 

 ate even the best of the many massive, thick- 

 fleshed, wide-bodied, short-legged specimens of 

 the Aberdeenshire type transferred to the New 

 World by Mr. Davidson during the period last 



