OTHER NORTH COUNTRY HERDS. 661 



Uppermill and rendered valuable service. 

 Goldie was fed for exhibition at the Smithfield 

 Show in London, where she was a prize-winner 

 after having produced four calvss. She was 

 regarded as one of the best Short-horn cows of 

 her time, and some of the best of all the Up- 

 permill Short-horns trace descent from her. A 

 white bull calf of this tribe, called The White 

 Knight, has recently been bought by Mr. 

 Duthie for service at Collynie at 140 guineas. 

 He was sired by Wanderer out of Goldie 35th. 



Sittyton sorts. In addition to his own fam- 

 ilies as above enumerated Mr. Marr added to 

 the herd at Uppermill representatives of Mr. 

 Cruickshank's Butterfly and Duchess of Gloster 

 tribes. In the hands of Mr. Marr the Butter- 

 flys have been known as Blythesomes. It will 

 be remembered that this sort was obtained by 

 Mr. Cruickshank from Capt. Barclay. The first 

 of the family went to Uppermill in 1880. A 

 Blythesome bull calf recently brought 220 

 guineas from P. L. Mills of Ruddington Hall. 

 The Duchesses of Gloster at Uppermill are de- 

 rived from Duchess of Gloster 35th, bred at 

 Sittyton in 1885. 



Early Sires at Uppermill. One of the first 

 bulls bought by Mr. Marr was Clarendon 

 (14280), a red, obtained in 1856 from the old 

 herd at Shethin. He was always thought an 

 extra good bull and a rare stock-getter. He 



