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by imp. Spartan Hero out of imp. Golden Thistle. 

 Calla 2d's second dam is Bashful 6th by Prince 

 President 2d, the son of imp. Prince President 

 and Mysie 45th, a cow that was the dam of sever- 

 al good herd bulls. Then there is Calla 3d, a roan 

 daughter of Calla 2d by Good News, the bull that 

 was shown at three state fairs and won three 

 firsts, before Mr. Regier bought him. News Vic- 

 toria — the cattle are named after their ancestry 

 — is one of the good ones and like Calla 3d she is 

 a daughter of New Goods but her dam breaks in- 

 to a new line. When Jas. Tomson, away back in 

 1897, saw the red bull calf that tickled his fancy 

 and straightway told his father that was the 

 bull they must buy. Gallant Knight had his com- 

 ing-out party and this daughter of New Goods 

 had for a dam 5th Elderlawn Victoria by Gallant 

 Knight and for grandam Victoria of Maple Hill 

 by Chief Violet of Maple Hill. Another daugh- 

 ter of New Goods is Edelweiss 9th, a seven-year- 

 old roan out of Edelweiss 3d a daughter of imp. 

 Lord Banff. 



It was in 1904 or 1905 that Mr. Regier wanted 

 a Shorthorn cow as good as the best. M. E. Jones 

 had bought imp. Lord Banff, a bull for which G. 

 E. Ward had paid the then unheard-of price of 

 $5100 and Jones was selling some cows bred to 

 him and some with calves at foot by him. Im- 

 ported Edelweiss, probably the best, at least the 

 highest priced one and one of the highest priced 



