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of broad-ribbed, furry-haired, compactly-fashioned, 

 wonderfully -matured yearlings and two-year-olds 

 came out from Aberdeen to Kansas. I remember 

 well one shipment that chanced to arrive upon the 

 occasion of one of my frequent visits in the early 

 eighties. All hands, including FRANCIS THOMPSON 

 and his brother "WILL" Scotch boys sent out by 

 Mr. DUTHIE to help develop the North Country pil- 

 grims in the sunny west were at the station to 

 help unload and get the precious freight safely 

 home. Pressed into service myself, the Colonel 

 asked me which one of the lot I preferred to lead. 

 My' fancy fell upon a particularly sweet roan heifer, 

 which I was informed was Lavender 34th. I was 

 told that she was of AMOS GRUICKSHANK'S own 

 choosing, and I held her halter in a memorable 

 parade that began at Linwood siding, and ended in 

 the blue-grass enclosure that lay between Linwood 

 house and the Baron Victor paddock. This heifer 

 was just such a type as Bapton Pearl, afterwards 

 renowned throughout American cattle-breeding 

 circles as the mother of Whitehall Sultan; and 

 she lived to produce a number of very valuable 

 calves. 



A rare good cow of CAMPBELL'S Kinellar Golden 

 Drop sort, carrying BATES crosses, had been added 



