The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . Blooded Stock Com-pany of Indianapolis, Ind., for $2,050, the highest price ever madeby an animal of the breed on this side the Atlantic; got by JohnBright (642), [a famous prize bull in Scotland early in the Seven-ties, gaining among other honors the male championship of theyard at the Highland Societys Show at Turriff in 1872], damBlackbird of Corskie (1704) [a prize cow at various Highland andRoyal Northern Shows] by Squire (436) [bred at Tillyfour and first-prize bull at the United Banffshire Show of 1871]; 2d dam LadyIda (1021)
The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . Blooded Stock Com-pany of Indianapolis, Ind., for $2,050, the highest price ever madeby an animal of the breed on this side the Atlantic; got by JohnBright (642), [a famous prize bull in Scotland early in the Seven-ties, gaining among other honors the male championship of theyard at the Highland Societys Show at Turriff in 1872], damBlackbird of Corskie (1704) [a prize cow at various Highland andRoyal Northern Shows] by Squire (436) [bred at Tillyfour and first-prize bull at the United Banffshire Show of 1871]; 2d dam LadyIda (1021) [prize-taker at Highland, Banffshire, Cornhill, and othershows from 1867 to 1873] by Black Diamond (464); 3d dam May-flower 2d by The Earl (291), etc. Blackbird of Corskie 2d stoodfirst in the class for cows at the Highland Societys Show at Perthin 1879, and descends from the celebrated Montbletton Lady Ida orMayflower family, representatives of which made such extraordinaryprices at the dispersion sale of the herd in 1882. Sketched fromlife by Burk. (31S). ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL ERRANT KNIGHT (3714). Calved July 11, 1883; bred by Owen C. Wallis, Bradley Hall,Wylam-on-Tyne; property of Mr. T. W. Harvey, Turlington, OtoeCo., Neb.; got by Sea King (2334) [a Ballindalloch Sybil got byJustice (1462), out of a cow by Judge (1150), and she out of adaughter of Juryman (404)], dam Errantine (4546) by Challenger(1260) [a Pride bull bred by the Earl of Fife and illustrated inVol. V of the Polled Herd Book of Scotland]; 2d dam Erica 6th(3023) by Major of Bognie (444), etc., to Erica (843) by Cupbearer(59), the ancestress of the celebrated tribe that bears her name.[See page 300.] Engraved from a painting by Cross. (3*>)
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