2-year-old, "through a little lightness 

 around the girth," being defeated by 

 Prince of the Realm. The next year, 

 however, at the Stirling Highland show, 

 with the same two bulls in the ring, this 

 decision was reversed, and Justice became 

 the first prize aged bull, the highest An- 

 gus honor in Scotland. The quality of 

 Justice was said to be quite remarkable. 

 It is interesting to note, regarding him, 

 that he was sired by a half brother, his 

 grandsire being Juryman, Jilt's first calf, 

 out of the original Erica (843). Here we 

 have a union of two of the greatest Angus 

 tribes of cattle, from which most for- 

 tunate results were secured. Judge 

 Goodwin made a special trip to Scotland 

 and purchased Justice, and he died at 

 Beloit, in his herd, on July 3, 1886. 



Jewel has been considered the best 

 daughter of Jilt. She was shown at the 

 United Banffshire show, where she won 

 first prize and a cup as the best polled 

 animal exhibited, but she fell ,to third 

 place at both Highland and Royal North- 

 ern shows in 1877. She proved,. to be a 

 high-class breeder, and was first as one 

 of a pair of Angus breeding cows at the 

 Royal Northern 1n 1878. Her son, Jupiter 

 of Aberlour, was a famous prize winner, 

 and a daughter, Jill, was about the first 

 close descendant of Jilt to be imported 

 to America. 



Jewess was a very large cow of an ex- 

 cellent sort that was retained to breed 

 at Ballindalloch. 



Mainly through the preceding five sons 

 and daughters has come most of the 

 fame of Jilt. The bulls were used ex- 

 tensively at Ballindalloch, and with con- 

 siderable success; in fact, with greater 

 success than marked the career of Judge 

 and Justice in America. The Jilts have 

 proved to be great bull breeders, and 

 consequently much of the reputation of 

 the tribe has come from this source. Re- 

 ferring to this feature, Judge Goodwin, in 

 an interesting communication on Jilt in 

 the Breeder's Gazette (June 22, 1892) 

 says: "For a number of years there was 

 scarcely any female increase at Ballin- 

 dalloch, and as a result almost the entire 

 reputation of the family has been made 

 by the bulls. Those sold from the herd, 

 however, have been very prolific, until 

 now more Jilts are owned away from 

 Ballindalloch than there, although only 

 four females have been disposed of in 

 the past twenty years, until within the 



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