736 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Rolls 99643, got some good stock, but neither 

 of them seemed just what was wanted, and 

 they were given a short trial and sold. Subse- 

 quently he bought probably the handsomest 

 Cruickshank bull ever seen in the Western 

 States, imp. Craven Knight 96923, imported for 

 Luther Adams, Storm Lake, la., and sired by 

 Cumberland out of Golden Autumn by Barmp- 

 ton.* Craven Knight was a short-legged, 

 evenly-built red of rare symmetry and finish, 

 having a good head, a first-class middle-piece 

 and remarkable hind quarters. It was be- 

 lieved at Linwood when Craven Knight was 

 obtained (along with another selection of im- 

 ported Sittyton heifers of Luther Adams' 

 importation) that a worthy successor to Baron 

 Victor had been found. His first calves, how- 

 ever, did not begin to develop quite early enough 

 to satisfy the exacting requirements of the pro- 

 prietor, and before the bull's value was real- 

 ized he was sold to the Kansas Agricultural 

 College at Manhattan, only to be rescued and 



*William Miller, who imported Craven Knight, says: "Among the best 

 of the Sittyton cows at the time of my last visit were Victoria 58th and 

 Golden Autumn. As I saw them tied in a double stall together they were 

 cows of a good deal the same character, rather small, but character and 

 quality all over (red). The 58th was dam of two I brought out, as well 

 as of Baron Victor, to-wit. : Arthur Johnston's Indian Chief, so noted as 

 a getter, and Victoria 80th that I kept for myself, but did no good. The 

 other was dam of Craven Knight that was my choice of the Sittyton bull 

 calves of that year, and I would not have got him out had Cruickshank not 

 promised Harris two bulls and two heifers which he could only send out 

 by me, and I told him I would not bring them unless he gave me first choice 

 of his bull calves." 



