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state Breeders' sale held at Kansas City in the 

 fall of 1884, where she proved the sensation of 

 the day and commanded the top price of $1,005, 

 being purchased by the late Samuel Steinmetz 

 of Missouri. Breeders from many different 

 States gathered around this burly -bodied, 

 short-legged Scotch heifer and large numbers 

 of them for the first time here realized that an 

 element of undoubted value had now been in- 

 troduced into the Western trade. Linwood 

 Victoria's irresistible demonstration of the 

 feeding quality of the Cruickshank sort was 

 backed up at this same sale by the young bull 

 The Baronet 58250 got by Baron Victor out of 

 a Flat Creek Mary dam a calf of rare thickness 

 and finish, finding quick sale at 1500 to F. C. 

 Harris, son-in-law of Launcelot Palmer, Stur- 

 geon, Mo. The Baronet developed into one of 

 the best show bulls of his day in the Western 

 States, winning prizes at the head of the herd 

 of Newton Winn. 



The first crop of calves from Baron Victor sat- 

 isfied Col. Harris that he was on the right track, 

 and he took immediate steps to increase his 

 stock of breeding females of Scotch extraction. 

 He purchased from James I. Davidson imp. Sor- 

 rel, by Roan Gauntlet; imp. Marsh Violet, by 

 Pride of the Isles; imp. Barmpton Violet, by 

 Royal Violet; imp. Lavender 32d, by Roan Gaunt- 

 let; imp. Gladiolus, by Pride of the Isles; the 



