Gl'-! A nrsTdin- of stiortitorns in kaxsas 



the sire of scN'crjil ol' llic (-(iws oiil of IJan'isIci', 

 A\'lii1e (iodds ;iiul <'nl. r;ii-\'cl cows. When \\>' 

 think <»r ini]». iMri'i'v Ihniipinn ;in(l imp. liai-mi 

 < 'I'uickshank as 1 wo of the hcst hulls ever ini- 

 1)1)1 ted rruiii S(-(i1 huKk I'T While < iodds as one ol' 

 the j^Tealest sons ol' ('lioice <ioods and of ('ol. 

 < 'ar\'el as a Shoi'thorn wondei', we can ^ct an idea 

 of the ancestry. iJack ol' all this is 1 laia-isler, 

 winner ot 247 first ])rizes at li'adini^- shows, and 

 m\i). Craven Knit^'lit Ids sii'c, freiinently referred 

 to us the most beautiful aiul pt'rfect Inill of his 

 day. As to the herd bull, -lealous Eenowii is 

 thi'ee years old. His sire is Maxwaltoii Renewal, 

 one of the truly good sons of Avondale. Jeakms 

 Renown is out of a dam by Avondale, second dam 

 by Whitehall Sultan, thiixl dam by Count Ai'thur 

 and fourth dam by Star of Morning. If there is 

 anything- in being closely descended in every re- 

 move from the world's greatest SlKU'thorns, Jeal- 

 ous Renown will be a great sire. Tf jiufgment 

 may be passed on the ap])earanee of eleven calves 

 from ten days b) four months old, he is a great 

 sire. 



Whatever olhei-s ma\' tliink of ^Ir. Mitcliell's 

 course, it seems 1o me he has achieved a trimnph 

 in cons1 ruc1 i\-e breeding nol aHained by any 

 one else of whom 1 lia\'e kno\\ledge for, 

 ))i'eaking away I'l'om all accepted regulalions, he 

 maled cows oi' niosi adnni-ahle bi'eeding with a 

 hull ol' pr<'-eminen1 nieial, and has reaped 



