Panmure, bred to Queen of Ardovie 

 (29), a daughter of Black Meg (766), pro- 

 duced Queen Mother (348), the foundress 

 of the famous Queen tribe, most highly 

 esteemed by all lovers of Angus cattle. 

 Monarch (44) was a son of Panmure's 

 through a daughter of his by the name 

 of Julia, out of Susanna, a daughter of 

 Black Meg (766). Thus Monarch and 

 Queen Mother, as a result of in-and-in- 

 breeding worthy of a Colling, were half 

 brother and sister. Not only that, but 

 on the sire's side Panmure was not only 

 sire but also grandsire. Yet Monarch 

 was such a superior individual, and his 

 breeding was so good, that he was 

 bought by William McCombie and placed 

 at the head of his herd. In his work on 

 "Cattle and Cattle Breeders" that breed- 

 er writes, as evidence of the merit of 

 Panmure's breeding, transmitted to his 

 herd by his son, that "some of my best 

 stock trace their descent from Panmure." 

 The importance of this statement be- 

 comes apparent when we consider that 

 McCombie stands in history as the most 

 successful of Angus breeders. 



Mr. McCombie purchased at Ardovie 

 the cows Queen Mother and Jean Ann, 

 that were full sisters, sired by Panmure 

 and out of Queen of Ardovie (29). He 

 bred Monarch (44)) to each of these, re- 

 sulting in 1847 in the production of Lola 

 Montes (208), and in 1849 of Bloomer (201), 

 two famous prize-winning cows in their 

 day and generation. This was in-and- 

 in-breeding with a vengeance. In 1852 

 Lola Montes was bred to Angus (45), a 

 superior bull bred by Hugh Watson, and 

 from that union she dropped a heifer 

 named Charlotte (203), which became a 

 prize winner at Paris in 1856. A bull 

 named Hanton (228), that was the first 

 prize Angus male at the Paris exposition 

 the same year, and shown by McCombie, 

 an animal tracing three times to Pan- 

 mure, was bred to Charlotte. From that 

 service in 1857 she dropped the heifer 

 Pride of Aberdeen (581), the foundress of 

 the Pride family of the Queen tribe, 

 whose "career is without a parallel in the 

 chronicles of the breed." She was a 

 most remarkable cow, creating a sen- 

 sation at Sccf.ch shows for three years, 

 and making a great impression at the 

 international show at Battersea in 1862. 

 The famous Prince Ito (12869), that in 

 1902 sold for $9,100 in Chicago at public 

 sale, the Angus record price, is five gen- 



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