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Vitality and feeding quality were with Amos Cruickshank considered para- 

 mount. A broad, full chest, wide back, and deep ribs were his all-in-all. The 

 head had attention only as it gave some token as to the vigor or probable 

 capacity of the animal for feed lot or reproductive purposes. The rump carried 

 cheap meat and was, in his view, of wholly secondary importance. Level quar- 

 ters and fine fronts he fully appreciated, but if the " middle " was weak the 

 fault with him was fatal. 



Cruickshank met with prime success, and to-day Scotch cattle, 

 tracing back in an important degree to his breeding, are in great 

 favor. Among the notable tribes established by him the following 

 justify brief mention : 



The Brawith Bud tribe originated with a cow of that name in 

 the herd of Grant Duff, which he bought in 1841 from Benjamin 

 Wilson of Brawith, England. In 1854 Cruickshank bought from 

 Duff a cow named Pure Gold, descended from Brawith Bud, 

 so the name "' Pure Gold " is also given this tribe. Pure Gold lived 

 to be the oldest cow at Sittyton, and her daughter Golden Days 

 proved to be a remarkably fine breeder, being dam of three great 

 bulls ; namely, Golden Rule, Pride of the Isles, and Lord of the 

 Isles. This was one of the most successfully developed tribes at 

 Sittyton, up to the final dispersion. 



The Broadhooks tribe descends from a cow named Eliza, by 

 White Bull (5643), tracing back to the breeding of Robertson of 

 Ladykirk. Several cows named Broadhooks are descended from 

 Eliza, but the family was gone from the Cruickshank herd after 

 1869. However, this tribe was promoted by Lord Lovat, and in 

 his hands produced the noted bull New Year's Gift (5 7796), 

 prominent in the Royal herd at Windsor and a most excellent sire. 



The Clipper tribe descends from the cow Clipper, by Billy 

 (3151), and traces back into the herd of Mason of Chilton. 

 Her daughter Cressida, by John Bull (11618), bred to Czar 

 (20947), dropped an excellent calf called Carmine, which later — 

 to the service of Champion of England (17526) — became the 

 dam of two fine females, Carmine Rose and Princess Royal. 

 These were two of the best females bred by Cruickshank. The 

 latter cow bred until she was fifteen and was dam of Roan 

 Gauntlet (35284), next to Champion of England the greatest 

 bull ever bred by the ^^^tgr^^o^.Jitt^on. 



