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herd in 1864, and also the bull Lord Lyons, 

 bought by Mr. Marr of Uppermill at the sale of 

 that year for 76 guineas. 



Orange Blossoms. This tribe, which has to 

 its credit the highest-priced Cruickshank cow 

 ever sold in America; to-wit., Orange Blossom 

 18th at $3,500, descends from the roan cow 

 Fancy, by Billy (3151), obtained in 1847 from 

 Hutcheson of Monyruy. Fancy's dam, Jessie, 

 had been purchased by Hutcheson from Rennie 

 of Kinblethmont, going back to the old Lady- 

 kirk foundation. Fancy did so well at Sitty- 

 ton that her daughter, Edith Fairfax, was also 

 bought from Hutcheson in 1851. She was one 

 of the two calves sired by the noted Sir Thomas 

 Fairfax (5196), that died at Hutcheson's. From 

 Edith Fairfax some splendid Short-horns were 

 bred at Sittyton, among others Queen of Scot- 

 land, by Matadore, whose daughter, Queen of 

 the South, was one of the greatest cows of her 

 day in all Scotland. She was a roan of splen- 

 did flesh and substance, and as a yearling won 

 first prize at the Iloyal Northern of 1862, be- 

 sides the Formartine Society's medal as the 

 best animal in the yard. From Queen of Scot- 

 land was also bred the original Orange Blos- 

 som, by Doctor Buckingham (14405), one of 

 whose daughters, Orange Blossom 2d, became 

 one of the acknowledged queens of the herd. 

 From this family also came the roan Delight, 



