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Fairfax Royal (6987), The first of the long 

 line of distinguished bulls used at Sittyton was 

 Fairfax Royal (6987), a rich dark roan, bred by 

 William Torr. He was bought in 1845 as a 

 two-year-old for 150 guineas at a sale made by 

 Mr. Watson of Walkeringham, who had given 

 100 guineas for him as a calf. According to all 

 the accounts that have been handed down con- 

 cerning the earlier Sittyton stock, and judging 

 by the illustration in Vol. VI Coates' Herd 

 Book, Fairfax Royal was a bull of outstanding 

 merit, full of substance, flesh and hair. He 

 was sired by Lord Adolphus Fairfax (4249) out 

 of Fair Rosamond, and was a prime favorite 

 with Amos Cruickshank. He was a first-prize 

 bull at Aberdeen in 1847, and in the opinion of 

 those who knew the best of the North Scottish 

 bulls, ranked with the famous Forth as one 

 of the best bulls ever owned in Aberdeen- 

 shire. Jamieson states that his heifers had 

 this peculiarity that many of them would not 

 breed until three years old, but when once 

 started bred regularly and well. Several, how- 

 ever, were sold fat to the butcher before this 

 was discovered. The same authority says: "I 

 remember having seen the cow Carmine Rose, 

 by Fairfax Royal, whose name appears in the 

 pedigree of the Violet family. She was a grand 

 beast, very fat and had been put to the plow 

 for awhile to get her to breed." 



