572 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



impression on the native black polls of the 

 district. 



Hay began his Short-horn breeding opera- 

 tions by purchases from Barclay of Ury. Two 

 of his best cows, Molly and Clara 2d both by 

 The Pacha were bought at the Ury sale of 

 1847. From Molly came the family of Mysies. 

 The cow Vesta, bred by Robert Smith of Bur- 

 ley, became the ancestress of the Venuses and 

 Princess Royals, both of which have since be- 

 come prime favorites with the admirers of 

 Scotch Short-horns, but probably the best cow 

 obtained in England was Marion, from the herd 

 of Mr. Lovell, selected for Mr. Hay by one of 

 the leading cattle salesmen of London. She 

 produced the good stock bull Kelly 2d (9265), 

 besides becoming the fountain head of a fine 

 family of cows known as the Lovelys, after- 

 ward celebrated in the hands of Mr. Cruick- 

 shank, producing at Sittyton the prize bull 

 Scotland's Pride (25100), Lord Lancaster (26666) 

 and Lord Lansdowne (29128). Another tribute 

 to the remarkable breeding qualities of Simp- 

 son's Young Broadhooks was to be seen at 

 Shethin in the shape of the splendid cow Scot- 

 land's Queen, descended direct from the darn 

 of Buchan Hero. 



For a number of years home-bred bulls were 

 used, no less than five of which descended in a 

 direct male line from the bull Billy (8888) of 



