OTHER NORTH COUNTRY HERDS. 657 



Mr. Marr showed cattle of this family with 

 great success; conspicuous among the winners 

 being the bull Young Englishman (31113), got 

 by Heir of Englishman out of Missie 19th. He 

 was calved in 1871 and was first and champion 

 at the leading shows for three successive years, 

 besides leaving many good sons and beautiful 

 daughters at Uppermill, In recent years Moun- 

 taineer (63027), a Missie bull of Mr. Marr's 

 breeding, was shown with success in the herd 

 of Messrs. Wright of Lincolnshire, Eng. Mi- 

 randa, in the hands of Mr. Deane Willis, and 

 the Royal champion Marengo, owned by Mr. 

 Philo L. Mills of Nottinghamshire, have brought 

 additional honor to the tribe. Mr. Duthie has 

 incorporated the sort into his famous herd at 

 Collynie, and such cows as Missie 141st, by 

 William of Orange, and Missie 150th, by Daunt- 

 less, now at Uppermill, afford capital illustra- 

 tion of the manner in which the blood breeds 

 on. 



The Princess Royals. This sort and the 

 Missies constitute the two largest families now 

 at Uppermill, there being about twenty females 

 . of each. The Princess Royals trace their de- 

 scent in the maternal line to the herd of Mr. 

 Hay of Shethin. They have responded well to 

 the use of Cruickshank bulls, displaying good 

 constitution, great wealth of flesh, broad ribs 

 and strong loins. Many good specimens both 



