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Champion, sold to Mr. Duthie. Wanderer is 

 still in service (1899) at eleven years of age. 

 The Uppermill young bulls have been sold at 

 public auction annually since 1856. Showing 

 has been discontinued since about 1875. 



Mr. Marr Sr. departed this life a few years 

 since after a long and useful career, having 

 contributed largely to the upbuilding of the 

 reputation which the Aberdeenshire Short- 

 horns have attained on both sides the Atlantic. 

 His son William S. succeeded to the owner- 

 ship and management of the herd. 



Lethenty. Mr. Anthony Cruickshank had 

 two sons, John W. and Edward, both of whom 

 always manifested a deep interest in Short- 

 horns. Upon the death of their father they in- 

 herited his interests in the Sittyton herd, which 

 they retained until its final dispersion. In ad- 

 dition to holding this interest in the parent 

 herd the brothers undertook at Lethenty, near 

 Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the establishment of 

 a partnership herd. The foundation of the herd 

 was laid in the early "seventies" and Booth 

 blood was made the standard. The herd at- 

 tained considerable proportions and was bred 

 with a good degree of success for some years, 

 being finally dispersed at auction. 



After the sale of the Booth cattle Mr. Edward 

 Cruickshank founded at Lethenty a second 

 herd, drawing part of his material from Sitty- 



