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but she slipped lier calf on reaching home. Her 

 Conqueror by Sir Colin was first in the yearling bull 

 class the next summer at Kelso ; and then the old cow 

 not only beat a very strong class at Stirling, but 

 claimed the prize on the birth of her fourth calf. So 

 much for the seers ! 



We watched part of the herd which is some thirty 

 strong, without the calves, and all but three or four 

 by Booth bulls filing in from Mars Hill past the 

 new Alloa Hall of Justice to the steading which lies 

 on one side of the town. The ten-year-old Sir Samuel, 

 whom Richard Booth loved so dearly, not only for his 

 fine handling, but for Charity's sake, that he never let 

 him but once, stood in the first box, next to Lady 

 Laura, who has something of Queen of the Vale about 

 her, and always played second as a two-year-old to 

 Mistletoe. White Eagle, a lengthy cow by Knight of 

 Warlaby, and whose dam, Lady Eagle, was bought for 

 105 gs. at the late Captain Spencer's sale, the nice- 

 haired Comely 3rd by First Fruits from one of Mr. 

 Nicol Milne's tribes, Luna, another First Fruits with 

 a very neat leg and going back like the big red Lady 

 of the Lake to Jobson's sort, were in one byre, along 

 with Barbelle, a neatish cow with a curious horn, 

 and a 74-guinea prima-donna at Mr. Wood's sale. 



The substantial Nervosa Booth, by Prince Ar- 

 thur, and her half-sister Cameron Lass with her 

 fourth calf at five years old stood in another 

 which had four Prince Arthurs in its six stalls. 

 There have been three sets of twins (of which five 



