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Charles Tempest at 350 guineas. A yearling 

 bull sired by him brought 200 guineas. The 

 dam of Buchan Hero, a cow called Young 

 Broadhooks, produced a heifer, Eliza, that was 

 .bought for Sittyton, and from her the cham- 

 pion show bull New' Year's Gift (57796), bred 

 by Lord Lovat and sold to the Queen of Eng- 

 land, was descended. Indeed it is said that 

 this noted prize-winner resembled in essential 

 characteristics old Buchan Hero himself. 



Hay of Shethin. One of the most substan- 

 tial characters among all those who early gave 

 their attention to Short-horn breeding in the 

 North was William Hay, tenant of Shethin, 

 one of the many good farms on the extensive 

 estates of the Earl of Aberdeen, situated in the 

 valley of the Ythan, near Tarves, and not far 

 removed from Collynie, Uppermill, Tillycairn, 

 and others since made famous by Duthie and 

 Marr. Before taking up with pedigreed cattle 

 Hay was one of the leading graziers and feed- 

 ers of this district and is credited with having 

 been the first to ship bullocks by rail from 

 Aberdeen to the London market. McCombie 

 says that the bull Jerry that was brought to 

 Shethin from Rennie of Phantassie in 1828 by 

 Alexander Hay, a brother of William's, was 

 the first Short-horn that ever crossed the River 

 Dee. This primal bull was white and was 

 both long-lived and prolific, leaving a deep 



