332 A HISTOEY OF HEEEFOBD CATTLE 



with T. L. Miller of Beecher, 111., in which the bull 

 Illinois 920 was acquired. He was a son of the fa- 

 mous show bull Success 2 out of Kate 762, which 

 was bred by Aston of Elyria from John Bull 464 

 and Queen of the West by Merriman 764. Merri- 

 man was bred by John Humphries from imp. Prince 

 Albert 477 and imp. Victoria 478. Illinois was quite 

 worthy of his good descent, and after being used 

 several seasons was sold about 1880 to A. A. Crane, 

 Osco, 111. He got many useful bulls, including The 

 Equinox 2758, sold to Mr. Miller, and a number 

 bought by Benjamin Hershey of Iowa for his Ne- 

 braska ranch. Another one of his sons was Tha 

 Monk 2754, a grandson of imp. Miss Monk, a bull 

 sold to Geddis & Bryan of Ft. Logan, Mont., in the 

 days when Herefords were not yet plentiful on the 

 western range. About this same period Mr. Merry- 

 man also sold bulls carrying Sir Richard 2d blood 

 to the Swans for their Wyoming ranch. 



Prince of the Wye Imported. — ^Mr. Merryman vis- . 

 ited England in 1878-79, and while in Herefordshire 

 purchased a few cattle, including the yearling bull 

 Prince of the Wye 1548, bred by Hon. Thomas 

 Duckham. Prince of the Wye was sired by Helian- 

 thus 1549, a son of King of the Lilies 1551. Heli- 

 anthus was bred by the Earl of Southesk at Kin- 

 naird Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland, whose herd of 

 "white faces" was one of the very few ever attempt- 

 ed in North Britain. Along with Prince of the Wye 

 came a heifer, Winifred 5th 1661, also from Mr. 

 Duckham 's and got by the bull Concord 1662 that 



