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at Udale is " Ehua Eden," a fine red heifer calf after " Royal 

 Eden." In 1874 he purchased " Beauty/' a handsome two year 

 old heifer, bred by Mr Macdonald, Wester Moy, Morayshire, and 

 after " Knight of the Gale/' bred at JSTewton of Struthers and 

 descended from the Hillhead stock. This heifer has bred two 

 bull calves. In the spring of 1875 Mr Gordon purchased 

 " Elsie/' a full sister to " Beauty/' and she too has bred a bull 

 calf. In March of the same year he bought ten females and a 

 bull (" Royal Eden ") at a public sale at Birmingham, and these 

 are all in the herd still. The more noted of these were 

 "Luxury/' a thick square cow with good low. line, bred by Mr 

 AVilliam Howe, Tottington, and after " Heir of Windsor " of pare 

 Booth blood, and closely related to the famous " Royal 

 Windsor /' " Chloris," a richly fleshed red and white cow, bred 

 by Mr John Lynn, Church Farm, Stroxton, and after " Cambridge 

 Duke " (25,706) : " Beeswing " (three years old), bred by Mr 

 Bradburn, Wennesfield, Staffordshire, and after " Surley " (32,635), 

 and tracing back to very famous stock ; and " Lady of the 

 Lake " (three years old), bred by Mr Lamb, Abourn Hall, 

 Lincoln, after "Lord of the Manor" (29,178), and tracing back 

 to " Great M'Gull," who w^on tw^ice at the Royal English 

 Society's Show. " Chloris " produced a fine heifer calf, 

 " Highland Cherry," in September 1875, after " Duke of Cerisia 

 2d" (33,595), a bull of excellent Bates blood, while the cow 

 herself is of splendid Booth descent. At the dispersion of the 

 herd so long and carefully reared at Orbliston, Morayshire, by 

 the late Mr Geddes, in October 1875, Mr Gordon purchased 

 seven females — four of the well-known " Magnet " family, one 

 of the " Flowery " tribe, one of the " Cherry " tribe, and one of 

 the " Undines." At the dispersion of Mr John Outhwaite's 

 famous herd at Bainessie, Yorkshire, in March 1876, he 

 purchased a very fine roan five year old cow, " Rosebud " by 

 " Royal Windsor," from " Moss Rose " by " Baron Kellerby." 

 She cost 200 guineas, is in calf to " Lord Godolphin," and is a 

 lengthy massive roan with fine style and good shapes and 

 excellent quality. "Miss Danby 2d," a nice yearling by 

 " Royal Windsor," w^as purchased at the same sale for 80 guineas. 

 At the dispersion of the well-known herd of Mr Robert Bruce, 

 ]N'ewton of Struthers, Forres, Morayshire, in October last, Mr 

 Gordon secured no fewer than twelve very good cows and heifers 

 at an average of about 30 guineas. But the most important 

 purchase of all has yet to be recorded. At the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show^ at Glasgow, in 1875, Mr Gordon 

 paid 400 guineas for " Rosario/' undoubtedly one of the finest 

 bulls that ever entered a show-yard. He was bred by Mr 

 Browne, Doxford, Northumberland, after the famous " Duke of 

 Aosto/' and has been three times first at the Highland Show — 



