734 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Iowa in 1880 from the Bates bull imp. Under- 

 ley Wild Eyes 31312 out of imp. Golden Drop 

 4th, imported from the Kinellar herd by J. S. 

 Thompson, and also known as WastelFs Golden 

 Drop 4th. (See records Vols. XII and XX A. 

 S.-H. B.) Norton had procured the imported 

 cow from Mr. McCune of Solon, la. This 

 Bates-crossed Scotch Golden Drop was strong- 

 backed, heavy-quartered and deep-bodied, with 

 a feminine head and neck and good dairy qual- 

 ities. Bred to the impressive Baron Victor she 

 gave Col. Harris the best females he ever pro- 

 duced, notwithstanding his repeated "topping" 

 of the Cruickshank importations of the "eight- 

 ies/ 7 Indeed, the Lin wood Golden Drops, with 

 their beautiful finish, their wealth of flesh, sub- 

 stance and character constituted, in the opinion 

 of some of our best judges, the most superb 

 family of Short-horn cattle of their time in the 

 United States. 



Baron Lavender 2d. Probably the best 

 Cruickshank cow ever owned at Linwood was 

 imp. Lavender 36th. She was, indeed, a noble 

 specimen of Mr. Cruickshank's best type, pos- 

 sessing grand scale, astonishing breadth, depth 

 and thickness of rich flesh. Unfortunately this 

 royal specimen of her race had such an irre- 

 pressible tendency to take on flesh that she be- 

 came barren in her very prime and was finally 

 sent to the butcher. In the autumn of 1885 



