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them sons of that capital bull Fairfax Royal 

 (6987). In 1854 he bought from Mr. Whitehead 

 of Little Methlick the cow Crocus, a grand- 

 daughter of a Pacha heifer that had been 

 bought at Ury in 1847. 



The Nonpareils, Miss Ramsdens and Golden 

 Drops. The big, massive Thalia came to Kinel- 

 lar in 1857 from Longmore of Rettie and a few 

 years later Nonpareil 24th, by Lord Sackville, 

 was got from the Messrs. Cruickshank. From 

 the latter came the famous Kinellar Nonpareils. 

 The original cow of this tribe had been brought 

 to Scotland from the herd of Mr. Cartwright of 

 Tathwoll on the Lincolnshire wolds, in whose 

 hands the sort had been greatly esteemed. In- 

 deed, the first Nonpareil, a roan cow sired by 

 the white bull Tathwell Studley (5401), carry- 

 ing considerable infusions of the blood of the 

 $5,000 Comet, proved useful until seventeen 

 years of age. Another one of the Kinellar ma- 

 trons was Miss Ramsden, bred by Sir J. Rams- 

 den, and taken to Scotland by Mr. Jopp, from 

 whom she was purchased by Mr. Campbell. 

 Another cow that proved a good investment 

 was Maid of Promise, obtained from Mr. Benton 

 in Alford. From her was descended probably 

 the best cow ever seen in the Kinellar pastures, 

 Maid of Promise 6th, that won the challenge 

 cup at Aberdeen some years ago as the best 

 Short-horn of either sex on exhibition. Thes- 



