herd, says Chalmers, he gave Cruick- 

 shank's Shorthorns "more strength of 

 frame, with less inclination to width of 

 hook bone, increased the weight of 

 muscles and gave it on essential points, 

 and the calves were sturdy at birth. In 

 the combination of strength of frame, 

 weight, quality and constitution all were 

 banded together with no little beauty." 



The use of Champion of England began 

 ih the Cruickshank herd in 1860. Prior 

 to that time bulls of various breeding 

 had been used in the herd. With Cham- 

 pion of England, however, was intro- 

 duced along with the use of other bulls 

 the practice- of in-breeding. The best 

 of results did not follow this practice all 

 the time at Sittyton, but with Champion 

 of England and his offspring highly sat- 

 isfactory results ensued. As this great 

 Scotchman continued his career he was 

 instrumental in producing a number of 

 great females that became improvers of 

 the most popular tribes of to-day. In 

 this work Champion of England was 

 most important. Bred to Mistletoe by 

 Lord Raglan (13244), he sired Mimulus, 

 a great breeding cow, the dam of Royal 

 Duke of Gloster (29864), a very success- 

 ful breeding bull. His sire, Grand Duke 

 of Gloster (26288), by Champion of Eng- 

 land, although he died as a 2-year-old, 

 was regarded as perhaps his best son. 

 Princess Royal, a magnificent daughter 

 of Champion of England, bred to Royal 

 Duke of Gloster, produced Roan Gauntlet 

 (35284), regarded as one of the greatest 

 if not the greatest bull bred by Cruick- 

 shank, excepting the subject of this 

 sketch. Roan Gauntlet was sire of the 

 famous Field Marshall (47870), the sire 

 of the great cow Princess Alice, im- 

 ported to America by Colonel W. A. 

 Harris. She was dam of Royal Hero 

 113611, the champion Shorthorn bull in 

 America in 1899, in the ownership of W. 

 T. Miller, Carlos City, Ind. She was also 

 dam of Young Marshall 110705 and Royal 

 Knight 117203, both high-class bulls. 



Among the famous cows sired by 

 Champion of England, besides those 

 mentioned, are Village Belle, Village 

 Rose, Morning Star, Britten Queen, Car- 

 mine Rose, Silvery, Surmise, Circassia, 

 Violante, Finella and Victorine. The 

 value of this bull to Cruickshank con- 

 sisted iri the unusual merit of these cows 

 as individuals and breeders. Not only 

 this, but his sons and grandsons proved 

 such prepotent transmitters, such su- 



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