710 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



One of James I. Davidson's lucky "hits" in 

 crossing the Douglas upon the Cruickshank 

 blood was in the case of imp. Red Lady, by 

 Scotland's Pride. Bred to Crown Prince of 

 Athelstane 2d 16585, she produced Lady Athel- 

 stane, that became the property of the Messrs. 

 Potts. She, in turn, was bred to imp. Duke of 

 Richmond, the progeny in 1880 being the bull 

 Knight of Athelstane 2d 39545, that was sold to 

 Mr. Wilhoit. Representing, as he did, one of 

 the richest combinations of prize-winning blood 

 conceivable at that time, it seemed almost in- 

 evitable that this bull should prove a getter of 

 the kind of stock Mr. Wilhoit had always en- 

 deavored to produce ; and his use upon the Wil- 

 hoit cows marks one of the brightest chapters 

 in American Short-horn history. He seemed to 

 fairly transmit the combined merit of his illus- 

 trious progenitors, and his immediate descend- 

 ants were for many years the pride of the en- 

 tire Short-horn cattle-breeding fraternity. As 

 in the case of his sire, the Duke of Richmond, 

 Knight of Athelstane 2d seemed to "nick" par- 

 ticularly well with Young Mary cows, the Ath- 

 elstane bulls representing that cross, shown in 

 the "eighties" by Mr. Wilhoit, being marvels of 

 substance and flesh. 



Thomas Wilhoit must be regarded as one of 

 the great breeders of his time. A practical 

 man and of few words, he had a profound grasp 



