XXIII YOUNG ABBOTSBURN 110679 



In 1874 Joseph Thomson of Whitby, On- 

 tario, Canada, imported a Shorthorn cow 

 known as Village Bud. She was bred by 

 Amos Cruickshank at Sittyton and was 

 sired by Scotland's Pride (25100) of 

 Cruickshank breeding. This cow was in 

 calf at importation to Ben Wyvis (30528) 

 and in Thomson's sale she brought $925, 

 being bought by J. & W. B. Watt of 

 Salem, Ont. In their possession she 

 dropped a roan heifer calf which was 

 named Village Blossom. She developed 

 into a thick-fleshed, broad-backed, low- 

 down sort and found much favor later in 

 prominent Canadian show rings. In 1883 

 J. I. Davidson had imported a bull 

 named Abbotsburn (47312) 106090, bred by 

 Cruickshank, which the Watts purchased 

 and bred to Village Blossom, and on 

 March 2, 1885, she dropped a roan bull 

 calf which was named Young Abbotsburn 

 110679. 



A little further reference to the ances- 

 try of this calf is here desirable. His 

 sire, Abbotsburn, was by Roan Gauntlet, 

 one of the really great Scotch sires, also 

 the sire of Field Marshal (47870), bred 

 by Cruickshank and later owned by Wil- 

 liam Duthie and also used for some time 

 in the herd of Queen Victoria at Wind- 

 sor. Ben Wyvis, the sire of Village Blos- 

 som, was by Caesar Augustus (25704), a 

 prize winner on the other side of the 

 water, while Butterfly's Joy, the dam 

 of Ben Wyvis, is descended from the 

 Towneley Butterflys, a tribe of Short- 

 horns that has produced many prize 

 winners. On the dam's side Young Ab- 

 botsburn traces back to Picotee, by 

 Premier (6308), a cow of much char- 

 acter that at 10 years of age was a first 

 prize cow at Aberdeen. Picotee was a 

 daughter of Sunflower, by Unicorn 

 (8725). This pedigree of the subject of 

 this sketch presents very strong Cruick- 

 shank breeding on both sides, while the 

 records show that he is descended from 

 many great prize winners. 



When about 7 months old Young Ab- 

 botsburn was purchased for $200 by 

 Alexander Norrie of Paisley, Ont., an 

 excellent judge of cattle, who owned him 

 for four years. In his possession he was 



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