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this wonderful cow had dropped to a service by 

 Baron Victor the handsome red-roan bull calf 

 Baron Lavender 2d 72610. He was a youngster 

 of extraordinary promise from the start, but 

 the loss of his dam not then being anticipated 

 he was sold at a good price to head a local herd. 

 When it was discovered that his mother would 

 no longer breed Col. Harris bought back Baron 

 Lavender 2d, and it is speaking within bounds 

 to state that this bull was by odds the greatest 

 of all the many capital bulls bred at Linwood. 

 A widespread, massive, low-legged, richly-fur- 

 nished animal of strong character, Baron Lav- 

 ender 2d was probably the peer of any bull of 

 the breed yet produced on this side the Atlan- 

 tic. It has always been a matter for sincere 

 regret that his period of service in the fine 

 herd at Linwood was so short. 



Another valuable Lavender bull by Baron 

 Victor was the golden-skinned Baron Lavender 

 3d 78854, out of imp. Lavender 38th. He was 

 a thick-set, mellow bull of beautiful quality, 

 sold to William P. Higinbotham, and by him 

 to S. F. Lockridge of Indiana. 



Imp. Craven Knight. Considerable diffi- 

 culty had been met with in finding a bull to 

 breed upon Baron Victor's heifers. In addition 

 to Barbarossa and Double Gloster, Col. Harris 

 imported two young bulls of Mr. Cruickshank's 

 own selection, one of which, Master of the 



