128 The Guernsey Breed 



In the Fuller importation came Herald 990 and his son 

 Herald 2d 994, and the blood of these bulls appears in many 

 of the pedigrees of today. With the first importation of Mr. 

 jMorton's came the bull Safeguard 1790. Later he imported 

 Lord Stranford 2187, that became the greatest prize winning 

 bull of the l)reed. He won first prize as a yearling on the 

 island and won more than 125 prizes at nearl_y all the great 

 fairs east and west in this country, but he ne\'er proved to 

 be even an ordinary sire, and his bloorl now appears principally 

 in pedigrees through his son Sheet Anchor and his daughter 

 Robinson's Princess. While lie attracted great attention as a 

 sliow ])ull, there is no doubt tliat in jiis case the Ijreed would 

 l)c better if he had ne\'er lieen born. 



The ne.xt imported bull to attract particular attention was 

 riolden Knight 340,t, imported l)y E. S. Clark, Cooperstown, 

 X. Y. He has through his sons I'enw}'!: 4590 and Fenimore 

 Prince 4559 contributed li> the gijud of the breed. 



Three bulls came o\'er in the latter r\[orton importations, 

 and tlie bull .\nnatto 3887, that wrju the Queen's prize in 

 1894, pro\-cd a \'ery good sire and his bluod has been dispersed 

 ti) many of the herds of the cijuntr}-. In 1899 Howard Tuttle 

 imported the bull Royal of I^a Lande 6223, and his list of 

 ad\'anced register daughters pro\-es that he must have been 

 a high-class sire. 



'in 1899 Mr. IT ope imported for :\fr. Twombly the bull. 

 Island Champion C>2f)3, kno^-n on the island as Masher 2d 

 858, P .^., and he had been four times first over the island, 

 second once, and third twice, besides winning the Queen's 

 |irize for the l>est bull in 1895. He was \\'ithout doubt one 

 of the best bulls of the breed, ha\'ing eight advanced register 

 daughters and six advanced register sons. This bull was of 

 a pronounced dairy type, beautiful in color, head, and carriage. 

 I well remember the great impression he made upon me the 

 first time that I saw him. His son, France's IMasher 2d 7248, 

 was first prize in K'OO and was imported in 1901 by Louis 

 Cabot, of Dublin, N. H., and later sold to S. ^I. Shoemaker, 

 of Eccleston, Md. Lie had 28 registered daughters in this 

 countrv, 13 of them having records uj) ti^ 73'^. 4 pounds of fat, 

 and three advanced register sons. Cock of the Walk 8116, 

 a foundation stock bull that \ery few American breeders 

 fancied, nevertheless proved to he a good sire. Among the 

 manv good animals that he sired is Spotswood Daisy Pearl 

 7696, that made a record of 957.38 pounds of fat. being the 

 largest record made by any cow up to that time. 



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