Among the most prominent breeders 

 of Shorthorn cattle In America is the 

 firm of J. G. Robbins & Sons of Indiana. 

 For many years and including three 

 generations has this family lent its 

 great influence in promoting Shorthorn 

 interests. In the fall of 1887 Luther 

 Adams of Storm Lake, Iowa, made a 

 choice importation of Shorthorns from 

 Scotland, and on May 16, 1888, a draft 

 from this importation was sold at auc- 

 tion in Dexter Park at Chicago. In this 

 consignment was the roan bull Gay 

 Monarch 92411. About this time the 

 Robbins family was searching for a suit- 

 able bull to head their herd. Becoming 

 favorably impressed with Scotch blood 

 as shown in prominent Indiana herds 

 it was considered desirable to visit Dex- 

 ter Park in advance of the sale and 

 search for what was wanted. Two young 

 bulls in the collection met with favor, 

 Lord Lieutenant, a red and white Secret, 

 and Gay Monarch, the roan. The latter 

 being more stocky and thicker fleshed, 

 finally found most favor and was bid off 

 at the sale to Robbins & Sons at $375. 



Gay Monarch 92411 was bred by W. 

 S. Marr of Upper Mill, Tarves, Scotland, 

 and was calved Jan. 26, 1887. He was 

 sired by William of Orange 95736 (50691) 

 and had for dam Alexandrina 17th by 

 Athabasca (47359). The sire of Gay Mon- 

 arch was one of the great bulls of Scot- 

 land, A. H. Sanders pronouncing him the 

 best individual seen by him in 1892 when 

 visiting Great Britain. He was bred by 

 Amos Cruickshank at Sittyton, and later 

 found extensive use in the Marr herd. 

 He was a massive, thick-fleshed, deep- 

 bodied bull of very superior quality, be- 

 longing to the Orange Blossom tribe. 

 Athabasca, the sire of Gay Monarch's 

 dam, was a half-brother of the cele- 

 brated Field Marshall, and was himself 

 sire of Sign of Riches, the first-prize 

 Highland and Agricultural society bull 

 at Glasgow in 1897, later sold to go to 

 South America at a long price. On his 

 dam's side Gay Monarch descends from 

 Alexandrina by Alaric (21155) through 

 six generations of that name — viz., 4th, 

 5th, 9th, 14th and 17th, besides the origi- 

 nal dam, 



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