690 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Mr. Dryden as a calf to Mr. Kissinger and after- 

 ward owned by L. Palmer, at whose sale in 

 Chicago she brought in connection with her 

 bull calf $1,875. 



Mimulus produced one heifer, that was sold 

 to Messrs. Potts. We are without information, 

 however, as to her career. The imported cow 

 produced several bulls, however, all of which 

 were exceptionally good, the best of them being 

 the roan Barmpton Hero (324 C. H. B.), by imp. 

 Royal Barmpton (45503), sold as a calf to Messrs. 

 Watt of Canada and used in their herd until 

 thirteen years old. He was shown for many 

 years, gaining more than thirty prizes, and was 

 never beaten but once, and then by a bull that 

 he had always defeated on every other occasion. 

 Barmpton Hero, it is claimed, has been the 

 progenitor of more prize stock in Canada in 

 recent years than any other bull of his time. 

 His blood could be traced for several genera- 

 tions among the prize-winners at Toronto and 

 other leading Dominion shows and is to this 

 day a frequent subject of comment in Canada. 

 He inherited the robust constitution of his Sit- 

 tyton ancestors, and one who examined him at 

 twelve years of age says: "I saw him shortly 

 before he went to the butcher, and he was still 

 as spry and active as a kitten." 



Unfortunately the other sons of Mimulus did 

 not have an equal opportunity for distinguish- 



