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was shown at a number of fairs in 1888 and 1889 by Judge 

 J. S. Goodwin of Kansas. In 1891 several West Highland cattle 

 were exhibited at the American Fat Stock Show at Chicago. In 

 1902 Mr. W. M. Van Norden of Westchester County, New York, 

 imported a small herd and made an exhibit at the Louisiana 



Fig. 131. Head of the Highland bull Sir Andrew (1742), champion of the breed 

 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. Owned by W. M. Van Norden, 



Rye, New York 



Purchase Exposition in 1904. In 1907 Frank R. Sanders, then 

 of Laconia, New Hampshire, made a small importation. 



Characteristics of West Highland cattle. This breed is very 

 picturesque and distinct in character. The color is variable, being 

 yellow, red, black, brindle, and a mixture of red and black, the 

 red predominating. Cameron states that a fold of twenty cows 

 might easily be composed of yellows and reds (two or three 

 shades of each), but that there ought to be at least a couple of 

 red brindles, a black, a silver dun, and a white, if a good one 



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