706 HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



that the "white-faces" might bear away the 

 herd championship, and had it not been for the 

 stock of Messrs. Potts they would undoubtedly 

 have accomplished that trick. The herd which 

 thus successfully defended the honor of the 

 breed at a crucial period in its history consisted 

 of imp. Duke of Richmond, his half-sister, imp. 

 Priscilla 7th; two daughters of Master Geneva, 

 Josie 2d (a Pomona) and Geneva's Pride (trac- 

 ing to imp. Julia by Young Grant); Mattie 

 Richardson, an Amelia of Kissinger's breeding, 

 and Cassa 20th, a Rosabella, sired by Leonard's 

 Monarch. It is difficult for breeders of the 

 present day to realize the tension that existed 

 in these first great show-yard battles with the 

 Herefords in the West. The "white-faces" 

 were then a comparative novelty on this side 

 of the water and some were predicting that 

 they would soon supplant the Short-horns en- 

 tirely. It was felt that a serious situation con- 

 fronted the Short-horn breeding fraternity, and 

 on this account it is difficult to overestimate 

 the value of the service rendered at that time 

 by the Messrs. Potts. 



The Fanny Airdrie "nick." Fortunately 

 the Duke of Richmond proved a most impres- 

 sive sire. Mated with American-bred cows pos- 

 sessing scale and finish, he gave Western show- 

 yards and breeding herds a class of stock of 

 such undoubted merit for the feed-lot and the 



