700 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



The bull selected was the red Viscount 18507, 

 calved in 1872, and sired by Lord Lansdowne 

 (29128) out of the good cow Red Violet by 

 Allan (21272); second dam the famous Violet 

 by Lord Bathurst (13173). Lord Lansdowne 

 was by Caesar Augustus, descending on the 

 dam's side through the Lovelys. Viscount's 

 development exceeded Mr. Milne's most san- 

 guine expectations. He matured into a bull of 

 extraordinary breadth of body and depth of 

 flesh. Indeed it is doubtful if a better sire has 

 been known in Western Short-horn herds; his 

 get inheriting his substance and capacity for 

 laying on flesh even to the second and third 

 generations; his daughters and granddaughters 

 in the herds of Messrs. Milne, Aldrich of Tis- 

 kilwa, and Cummings of Buda possessing great 

 scale and thickness and were frequently heavy 

 milkers. 



The females of this importation were as fol- 

 lows: The roan Butterfly 34th; the red Butter- 

 fly 37th, by Champion of England; the roan 

 Corianda, out of the great Carmine Rose by 

 Champion of England; the red Secrecy, by the 

 greatest son of Champion of England Grand 

 Duke of Gloster (26288); the red Bridal Flower, 

 by Scotland's Pride out of Bride Elect by Lord 

 Raglan; the red Glitter, out of a Brawith Bud 

 cow by Champion of England, and the roan 

 Autumn Flower, out of Autumn Leaf by Cham- 



