692 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



time three times the amount of the prize 

 money on account of his being imported. 

 Royal Barmpton was finally sold to Mr. Jor- 

 dan of Iowa. In 1880 Mr. Dryden bought from 

 Mr. Cruickshank the four heifers Sunbeam, Vio- 

 let Bud, Orange Blossom 30th and Barmpton 

 Violet, together with the bulls Baron Surmise 

 (45933) and Lancaster Royal. Baron Surmise 

 afterward became the property of Col. C. A. 

 DeGraff of Minnesota. Violet Bud was sold to 

 Mr. Kissinger, from whom she was purchased 

 by Col. W. A. Harris. In May, 1881, Mr. Dryden 

 brought out from Sittyton the heifers Victoria 

 69th (sold to Kissinger and by him to Col. 

 Harris), Corn Flower, Sultana and Flora 17th. 

 In 1882 he imported Lavender 30th, Victoria 

 72d, Lavender Pride and the bulls Lord Glamis 

 (48192) and Aberdeen Champion (47313). In 

 1883 the roan heifers Arbutus and Lovely 37th 

 were imported. 



Mr. Dryden is known throughout Canada as 

 one of the best farmers in the Dominion, and 

 has been called into public life as Minister of 

 Agriculture for the Province of Ontario. He 

 has always maintained the position that Short- 

 horns should be bred for practical and useful 

 purposes, regardless of the whims and fancies 

 of fashion. Believing, with others, that it was 

 inexpedient to endeavor to sustain the Cruick- 

 shank tribes in their purity for an indefinite 



