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excels both as a breeder and milker. A very nice low-standing 

 cow is " Dido 4th/' out of Dido 3rd, which has carried prizes 

 at various local shows. "Dido 5th" and "Dido 6th" came 

 from the same dam, the former being after Knickerbocker and 

 the latter by Favourite. They are a pair of very useful breed- 

 ing cows. " Goldie 1 7bh " was bred by Mr Marr, Uppermill, from 

 whom she was purchased at 61 guineas. She is a cow of fine 

 quality, and is an excellent breeder. One of her descendants is 

 " Golden Eose/' by Knickerbocker, a thick handsome cow, in- 

 heriting many of the fine points of her famous sire. Another of 

 the same tribe is " Golden Wreath," by Favourite, a white two- 

 year-old heifer of very promising style and quality. She was 

 first at Aberlour, second at Keith, and commended at Elgin 

 Cattle shows in 1881. "Eliza," a very nice roan cow of the 

 Coulardbank blood, after Garioch Lad (17938), is a specimen 

 of good character. In 1881 the calves were nearly all bulls, 

 and were disposed of mostly by private bargain at handsome 

 figures. 



Braelossie. — The Braelossie herd of shorthorn cattle, the 

 property of Mr Alexander Lawson, factor for Lord Fife, was 

 founded in 1840, by the purchase of a yearling heifer, " Eliza," 

 sired by Billy (3151), and out of Princess by Sovereign (5285), 

 and bred by Mr Hutcheson, Monyruy, Peterhead. The principal 

 addition to the herd in its infancy, whose stock still remain, 

 was " Shempston Lass," bred by Mr Sutherland, Shempston, 

 from stock bought from the late Captain Barclay of Ury. 

 She proved a very valuable acquisition, and in the course of 

 eleven years she produced eleven excellent calves, eight of 

 which were males and three females. From time to time 

 several cows were subsequently added to the herd, but they fell 

 behind the home-bred stock in breeding, and Mr Lawson dis- 

 posed of them, and retained his own females, and by changing 

 his stock bull was able to raise a much stronger and finer race 

 of cattle. The bulls used in the herd since the beginning were 

 —"Duke of Gordon" (9043), bred by Mr Cruickshank, Sittyton, 

 Aberdeenshire; " Duke of Leinster " (10155), bred by Mr Todd, 

 Elphinstown ; " Sir George Brown " (40705), bred by Mr Bruce, 

 Broadland; "Lord Ptaglan" (29199), bred by Mr Geddes, 

 Orbliston ; " Glenlyon " (26262), bred by Mr Longmore, Eettie ; 

 " Vampire " (30201), bred by Mr Cruickshank, Sittyton ; " Baron 

 Braco " (30425), bred by the Duke of Eichmond and Gordon ; 

 " Waverley " (35955), bred by the Duke of Buccleuch ; and the 

 present stock bulls "Loftcha" (45052), bred by Mr W. S. Marr, 

 Uppermill; and "Gambetta" (40986), a yearling bull after 

 Arthur Benedict, and out of Flirt 14th, bred by the Duke of 

 Eichmond and Gordon. All of these bulls, excepting the latter, 

 did good service in the herd, and had been more or less successful 



