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out of the Secret cow Souvenir by Royal Duke 

 of Gloster. 



Col. Harris was convinced toward the close of 

 his breeding operations that the Sittyton cattle 

 stood in need of fresh blood. In 1892 he made 

 a tour of England and Scotland, visiting the 

 Royal show at Warwick and spending some 

 time with Messrs. Duthie, Cruickshank and 

 Marr in Aberdeenshire. He found that his 

 judgment in this regard did not differ from 

 that of the best-informed authorities in Great 

 Britain, but at the same time he saw nothing 

 upon that trip which seemed to him likely to 

 cross with the Linwood cows' and heifers with 

 better prospects of success than a sort already 

 within the limits of the Linwood pastures at 

 home. He therefore determined to test bulls 

 bred from the Linwood Golden Drops, selecting 

 for that purpose the roan Golden Pirate 103411, 

 the red-roan Golden Knight 108086, and the red 

 Golden Lord 119422. Some fresh blood was 

 also obtained through another channel the 

 fine Collynie cow now to be mentioned. 



Princess Alice. In the purchase of this su- 

 perb daughter of Field Marshal the proprietor 

 of Linwood gave further .evidence of his good 

 judgment and great enterprise. Princess Alice 

 was beyond question one of the greatest cows 

 produced by the Short-horn breed during the 

 closing years of the century, adding to Field 



