94, THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
AN ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR 
31. Cuartes E. Ducean is the first breeder from the Argen- 
tine to visit the International as a judge, and one of the leading 
figures in the effort to promote an entente cordiale between the 
Shorthorn promoters of the northern and southern continents. 
Of British parentage, his father Irish and his mother English, 
he was born native of Argentina in the late 60’s. His start in 
the Shorthorn industry was most auspicious, as his father had 
acquired the CRUICKSHANK Argentine importation, bought by 
Tuomas NELson, CHARLES Duccan’s maternal grandfather. As 
head of the firm of Duccan Bros., he operates estancias totaling 
one million acres, one of the largest holdings in the Argentine. 
The Duccans have persistently held to the female descendants 
of the original CRUICKSHANK importation, and although the ani- 
mals are kept in rough outdoor condition, some noteworthy sires 
and show animals in other hands have been sold from the herd. 
Ducean bulls have the singular habit of breeding better than 
they appear and so firmly entrenched has his position become 
to Argentine breeders that he has for many years been treasurer 
of the Shorthorn Association in Argentina. In 1916 Mr. Duccan 
came to the International to judge the bullocks and at the same 
time he assisted on the Shorthorn breeding cattle. In the name 
of the family he has presented to the American Shorthorn Asso- 
ciation a cup for the best bull and female bred by exhibitor, 
permanent possession being obtained when one exhibitor has 
won it three times, or at two Internationals in succession. 
