774 A HISTORY OP SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



paved the way for the breaking down of that 

 general prejudice which had up to this time ex- 

 isted in England against the North country 

 type. Shortly after the return of Field Mar- 

 shal to Collynie, in the fall of 1889, the great 

 bull accidentally slipped and injured himself in 

 such a manner as destroyed his further useful- 

 ness. 



Scottish Archer and Count Lavender. It 

 was in the spring of 1890 that Deane Willis 

 made his memorable purchase of thirty-three 

 yearling Sittyton-bred heifers and the two bulls 

 Scottish Archer (59893) and Captain of the 

 Guard. This removed to the South of England 

 a good percentage of the Cruickshank females 

 and Bapton Manor and Collynie became the 

 headquarters for the Sittyton sorts. Mr. Willis 

 worked in conjunction with Mr. Duthie in the 

 matter of sires, and both have met with much 

 success in supplying show-yard winners and 

 breeding animals for leading British and Amer- 

 ican herds. Scottish Archer was a roan by 

 Cumberland out of the Secret cow Surname by 

 Pride of the Isles, and ultimately became the 



property of Mr. Duthie, proving, as shown by 

 the late Collynie sales, the most popular of all 



the latter-day Scottish sires. 



A bull that did the Willis herd excellent 

 service and extended still further the fame of 

 the Scotch type in British show-yards was the 



