OTHER NORTH COUNTRY HERDS. 653 



when these were crossed with the stylish show 

 bull Scarlet Velvet the progeny proved among 

 the best Short-horns of their clay. Scarlet Vel- 

 vet was a red, sired by The Baron (13833) out 

 of Verdure by Plantagenet (11906), running to 

 the cow Tranquil by Barclay's Billy (3151). He 

 was sold to go into Morayshire. Diphthong 

 another red "with a curious mark like a tape- 

 line around his left fore ribs," was a thick, good 

 bull by Lord Stanley (16454) out of a daughter 

 of Fancy, also by Billy (3151), and had a bril- 

 liant career at the Scottish national shows. 



Booth cross disappointing. So great had 

 been the success of the use of these Sittyton 

 bulls that Kinellar began to take rank as a 

 rival of the Cruickshank herd itself, then the 

 most famous in all Scotland, and Campbell 

 thought to emphasize his independence by 

 turning elsewhere for his herd bulls. From 

 1863 to 1877 he went South for his sires and 

 bought bulls largely of Booth blood. Probably 

 the most noted of these was Prince of Worces- 

 ter (20597), that had been a Royal winner as a 

 yearling and a champion as an aged bull at 

 Aberdeen. He also had Sir Christopher (22895), 

 bred by Richard Booth, but notwithstanding 

 the enterprise he had displayed in this regard 

 the results were disappointing, and in the later 

 years of his breeding operations he returned to 

 his first love and in large measure restored the 



