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bull of fine promise that was sold for service in 

 the herd of Thomas H. Mastin of Kansas City. 

 To a service by imp. Spartan Hero the Princess 

 produced in December, 1892, the roan Royal 

 Hero 113611, that grew into a massive, mellow- 

 fleshed bull that had the distinguished honor of 

 winning, as recently as 1899, for Messrs. Miller 

 of Indiana the championship of America at the 

 Illinois State Fair in his seven-year-old form; 

 and at the same show one of his daughters, the 

 beautiful roan Sallie Girl,* was champion fe- 

 male; the double winning constituting an 

 achievement unique in the annals of the 

 Western show-yard. In 1893 Princess Alice 

 produced Eoyal Knight 117203, red with white 

 marks sired by the Golden Drop bull Golden 

 Knight 108086 that was good enough to be 

 used for a time at Linwood. 



Alice had bred two fine heifers to services by 

 Craven Knight before she settled down to the 

 bull trade; one known as Alice Maude, that 

 was bought from Luther Adams for export to 

 Mexico, and the other the rich-fleshed, sappy 

 Fairy Queen, calved at Linwood in 1890, and 

 shown successfully by Col. Harris. These were 

 both paragons of Short-horn excellence, but 

 the one went abroad and the other failed to 

 breed. The old cow was finally sold at a good 



* Sallie Girl was descended on the dam's side through such noted bulls 

 as Dick Taylor 5608, Loudon Duke 3097 and imp Duke of Airdrie, from imp 

 Gem by Broker. 



