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Gallant Knight combined the blood of injp. Bar- 

 on Victor, chief of all the sires ever used at Lin- 

 wood, and Craven Knight, rated as one of th(! 

 most beantifnl of all the Cruickshank bulls im- 

 ported to this country. Gallant Knight attained 

 a weight somewhat in excess of 2200 pounds. He 

 was a marvel for comjDactness and smoothness 

 of form. Rarely has a bull been seen with such 

 wonderful (fuarters and sucii impi'essive, clean- 

 cut masculinity about the head and horn. Foi' 

 neai'ly thirteen years he did service in tlie Tom- 

 son herd and for a dozen years his sons and 

 daughters, the latter particularly, were prom- 

 inent winners in the middle western fairs and 

 shows. The characteristics which always attract- 

 ed attention were their uniformity of type, 

 smoothness and compactness of form, depth, and 

 fleshing quality. 



The first time that Gallant Knight appeared 

 in a show ring was at the American Ro3i'al at 

 Kansas City. He was then a, three-year-old. The 

 judge was the late W. S. Van Natta of Indiana, 

 famed as a Hereford breeder. He placed Gal- 

 lant Knight second in class, awarding the first 

 to LaA^ender Viscount that at the time was carry- 

 ing a heavier flesh covering. When the I'atings 

 were made and tht; animals left the ring Mr. Van 

 Natta followed Gallant Knight to his stall, the 

 cattle at that time being quartered on the second 

 floor of a building nearly a block away. Arriv- 



