PERIOD OF BIG IMPORTS CONCLUDED 511 



Archibald 11129, bred by Aaron Eogers. This bull 

 had a 'long list of prizes won at leading English 

 shows to his credit, and was widely heralded as a 

 sensational animal, which indeed he was. It was 

 claimed, in fact, that he was the winner of more 

 first and championship honors than any other bull 

 of his age living at that time. In some respects he 

 was extraordinary. He had been highly fed for 

 the shows as a two-year-old and he developed ab- 

 normal depth forward. Indeed, as he grew to ma- 

 turity his brisket touched the ground. He was not 

 shown in this country and was sold to Mr. Parmelee, 

 in whose hands he died of a cancerous growth in 

 the breast. As a sire Archibald was more or less 

 disappointing. He did not leave a numerous prog- 

 eny and while some of these fed into thick car- 

 casses and were successfully shown, as a rule his 

 get were wanting in quality and inclined to harsh- 

 ness in touch. However, in the second generation 

 they made some remarkable records. There was 

 his daughter Brenda 15th, for example. Mated by 

 Mr. Sotham with Corrector she produced Benita, 

 mother of the beautiful show heifer Benison. 



Horace 5th. An exceptionally valuable pros- 

 pect brought to America by Mr. Leigh was Horace 

 5th 12524, bred by Frederick Platt and sired by old 

 Horace. He was much admired by that experienced 

 judge, Mr. William S. VanNatta, who leased the 

 bull for a short term and bred about twenty cows 

 to him. The resulting calves were a useful lot and 

 the blood thus introduced was doubtless something 



