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He was, in truth, somewhat plain, but possess- 

 ing some most desirable qualities, and it was 

 the fact that he transmitted these often to an 

 even higher degree than he himself possessed 

 them which made him so valuable as a sire 

 and so good an example of prepotent influence. 

 Goldfinder, Oliver's younger contemporary and 

 successor in the headship of the herd, was a 

 very unusually fine bull and successful in the 

 show-ring everywhere. He made a broad mark 

 on the herd by the general excellence of his 

 calves and won great repute by the phenome- 

 nal excellence and wonderful show-ring success 

 of some of his get, chief of which was the cow 

 Caroline. This cow was shown from the time 

 she was a calf at many exhibitions and never 

 once beaten. After Goldfinder came Cossack, 

 a very fine bull of Booth breeding and the first 

 to bring to many Kentucky breeders a true 

 realization of the high excellence of Booth 

 cattle. He was very prepotent and perhaps 

 has honor enough in having sired Buena Vista 

 299, the sire of Mr. Renick's great cow Duchess, 

 and thus grandsire of the great bull Airdrie 2478, 

 himself a grand sire; and in being through 

 Duchess the progenitor of the favorite line of 

 Eenick Rose of Sharons. Next Comet Halley 

 Jr., or Young Comet Halley, as he is also called 

 a good bull and a good breeder, chiefly notable 

 for his remarkable prepotency in getting milk- 



