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he and his little band of contemporaries had com- 

 menced selling bulls to various western ranchmen 

 that gave great account of themselves. 



Success and Dolly Varden. In 1873 Mr. Miller 

 imported from the herd of J. Morris of Hereford- 

 shire the three-year-old cow Dolly Varden, with a 

 bull calf at foot by Banquo (3667), the latter bred 

 by Philip Turner of The Leen. This calf devel- 

 oped into a splendid specimen of the breed and in 

 Mr. Miller's hands under the name Success ac- 

 quired celebrity, both as a show bull and sire. He 

 doubtless owed much of his character to his mother, 

 for Dolly Varden was not only the best cow of the 

 breed up to that date seen in the west, but she car- 

 ried a lot of sound old blood, the influence of which 

 was apparent. She was got by Stow (3478), he 

 by Sir Thomas (2228), son of Sir Benjamin by Sir 

 David. Dolly Varden and Success advertised the 

 Herefords with great effect. 



Success was not a big bull for those days, prob- 

 ably not attaining much over 2,100 pounds in weight 

 when in his best show form. But he was extreme- 

 ly low on the leg, standing but 12 inches from the 

 ground at the brisket and he had a handsome head. 

 His fault was some weakness in the crops, which 

 always gave him the appearance of being somewhat 

 paunchy. Dolly was a big good smooth cow, and 

 had been a winner in England before importation. 

 These were the first Herefords to be imported west 

 of the state of Ohio, so far as we can learn. This 

 famous pair and a lot of well fitted home-bred cat- 



