608 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Bruce of Inverquhomery. These daughters of 

 Violette were among the best cows of their 

 time at Sittyton. 



The Lovelys. As already stated in our ref- 

 erences to Mr. Hay of Shethin this Sittyton 

 sort was derived from the two good cows 

 Lovely 6th and Lovely 8th, bought at the 

 Shethin sale of 1863. The family came orig- 

 inally from the beautiful cow Marion, by An- 

 thony (1640), that had been bought in England 

 from Mr. Lovell of Edgcott. Bred to Grand 

 Monarque (21867) Lovely 8th gave the Messrs. 

 Cruickshank one of the bulls that made their 

 reputation Scotland's Pride (25100). She also 

 left the handsome cow Lovely 9th, which, 

 bred to Champion of. England, produced Lord 

 Lancaster (26666), also used in the herd. The 

 Lovelys were prime favorites with Mr. Cruick- 

 shank, and he also put in service the bull Lord 

 Lansdowne (29128), a grandson of Lovely 6th. 



Barmpton Roses. The Sittyton branch of 

 this renowned English show-yard tribe de- 

 scended from Butterfly's Pride obtained from 

 Col. Towneley in 1864. She was sired by the 

 champion show bull Royal Butterfly (16862), 

 and at the time of her purchase was in calf to 

 the Bates Duchess bull 2d Duke of Wharfdale 

 (19649). The produce was a heifer, Butterfly's 

 Joy, that was scarcely up to the family stand- 

 ard. The astonishing success of Towneley's 



