XXIII 

 AFTERMATH 



AMOS GRUICKSHANK was a bachelor and a Quaker 

 a man little given to speech at any time. His 

 brother ANTHONY had two sons, JOHN W. and EDWARD, 

 who for some years maintained a good herd at 

 Lethenty, Inverurie, in which BOOTH blood was 

 extensively used. JOHN DRYDEN of Canada and 

 EDWARD were on rather close terms of friendship, 

 and many good Shorthorns of mixed Sittyton and 

 Warlaby extraction came over to the DRYDEN farm 

 from Lethenty. The latter herd was closed out, 

 however, many years ago. After ANTHONY'S death 

 AMOS carried on the great herd at Sittyton until 

 1889, when, bending under the weight of years, the 

 old veteran let it be known that he would retire. 

 There was talk for a time that the entire herd 

 would be taken over by a syndicate of Americans. 

 DAVIDSON, DRYDEN, HARRIS, POTTS, KISSINGER, WIL- 

 LIAM MILLER and others conferred in reference to 

 this; but before action looking towards definite steps 

 could be had a deal was closed by ROBERT BRUCE 

 with THOMAS NELSON & SONS of Liverpool, which 

 contemplated a transfer of the entire world-renowned 

 collection to Argentina. Fortunately, however, two 

 men who were destined to preserve and carry for- 



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