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by his sire. He was not so level in his quarters as 

 Lancaster Comet, drooping a bit from the hips to 

 the tail, a fault which he probably inherited from 

 his dam. His calves soon evidenced rare promise. 

 They were robust, thick-fleshed, near to the ground, 

 and possessed a propensity for putting on flesh 

 such as had not been shown by the get of any of 

 his predecessors in service. His owners now 

 resolved to use him freely and not risk impairment 

 of his usefulness by putting him in high condition 

 for the shows. Meantime, the settled policy of test- 

 ing the best bulls obtainable from contemporary 

 stock was not abandoned. 



The BooTH-bred Windsor Augustus and Prince 

 Alfred, the great show bull Forth, called "the grand- 

 est Shorthorn of his time," Lord Privy Seal, Baron 

 Killerby, Rob Roy, Count Robert, Knight of the 

 Whistle, and other bulls of high repute were intro- 

 duced into the now extensive herd while the 

 Champion of England's get were coming on. And 

 when they began to mature, the CRUICKSHANKS knew 

 their long quest for the best stock bull in Great 

 Britain had been ended by poor old crippled Lan- 

 caster Comet. The Champion of England's calves 

 came up to the mark which had for so long eluded 

 these determined, enterprising men. A fortune had 



