He was red roan in color, with a rich, 

 mellow hide, and was smooth, broad and 

 deep, and . in show ring form weighed 

 2600 pounds. His disposition was superb, 

 and he seemed to transmit this quality to 

 his offspring, notably so to Monitor. 



Gay Monarch laid the foundation of the 

 success of the Robbins' herd. Other great 

 bulls succeeded him, as, for example, St. 

 Valentine 121014, and The Lad for Me 

 140618, but Gay Monarch has been consid- 

 ered by many to have been one of the 

 greatest Scotch-bred bulls ever in service 

 in America. The showing of his offspring 

 has really been remarkable. At one time 

 forty of his sons and daughters were in 

 show herds in the United States, and his 

 get have been widely distributed over 

 America from ocean to ocean. Among his 

 progeny may be mentioned Gay Mary, 

 Gay Rose, Gay Miss, Gay Maggie, Gay 

 Belle, Gay Victoria, Gay Lady, Gay Vio- 

 let, Gay Nellie, Gay Elizabeth, Gay Ab- 

 botsburn, Gay Harry, Gay Victor, Gay 

 Knight, Gay Dewey, Gay Monarch 3d, 

 Gay Monarch 4th, Monitor, Bright Mon- 

 arch, Nora's Monarch, Secret Victor, 

 Lancaster, Lavender Monarch, Straight 

 Monarch, Lucy Lee, Rosebud, Crescent 

 Kate, Verbena 2d, Lucretia, Sunflower, 

 Sultana, Red Lady, Model, Touch-Me- 

 Not, Peerless, Modest Girl, Nora Davis, 

 Jenny Grey, Lustre, Nancy Hanks, 

 Model, Monarch's Lady 2d and Miss 

 Ramsden 5th of Oakland. Among these 

 are many show and breeding animals of 

 very great merit. 



Gay Monarch died on Aug. 2, 1899, aged 

 12 years, and to-day what was once mor- 

 tal of this famous old bull lies under a 

 mound of earth, which is fittingly crowned 

 with a neatly inscribed monument erect- 

 ed to his memory by his appreciative 

 owners on the farm so long the scene of 

 his activity. Should the Robbins of 

 Horace continue in the future, as in the 

 past, to carry the standard of the red. 

 white and roans, this stone and its as- 

 sociations can but inspire them to great- 

 er efforts, with the reward., it is to be 

 hoped, of even greater future success. 



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