708 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



5th, bred by Messrs. Potts from Emma 3d, im- 

 ported from Uppermill. The twins were red 

 cows of great scale and substance and won- 

 derful flesh-carriers. For several seasons they 

 were the best Short-horn cows on the show cir- 

 cuit. Frederick William was also exhibited 

 with success by Messrs. Potts as well as by the 

 late Robert Miller of West Liberty, la. 



A line of Cruickshank sires. These bulls 

 were followed in service by the imported 

 Cruickshank sires Antiquary 49774, a large, 

 deep-bodied red, sired by Pride of the Isles out 

 of Azalea, the dam of Field Marshal; Von 

 Tromp 54160, a massive, broad-ribbed Victoria 

 by Barmpton, that won many first and cham- 

 pionship prizes, and King of Aberdeen 75747, 

 a thick-fleshed, short-legged red of the Violet 

 tribe sired by Dunblane 65995. King of Aber- 

 deen was one of the last of the good bulls of 

 Amos Cruickshank's own breeding used in the 

 West. All these were supplied by James I. 

 Davidson of Canada. 



Twenty years in the show-yard. For a 

 period of twenty years the Potts herd was seen 

 almost continuously in the show-yard; meeting 

 during that time all of the great contemporary 

 Short-horn herds besides the Hereford and 

 Aberdeen-Angus host, and it is speaking within 

 bounds to say that during these two decades 

 the Oakland herd probably won more prizes 



