Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936); original portrait by James R. Stuart
Amos Cruickshank
CRUICKSHANK, AMOS (1808–1895), inducted 1903
One of the very first Saddle & Sirloin honorees painted by James Stuart, breeder Amos Cruickshank’s likeness is based on the last-known photograph of him taken when Breeder’s Gazette editor Alvin Sanders visited him in Scotland. Amos Cruickshank and his brother, Anthony, began breeding beef type Shorthorns in 1837, with foundation bulls from Robert Barclay-Allardice’s herd. Their tenant farm, Sittyton, in Aberdeenshire, was most productive after 1860, when the Champion of England was sired. In 1871, the Cruickshanks sent stock to America and Canada, solidifying Sittyton’s reputation as one of the most famous Scottish herds.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 74