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81, 6s. 5d. The Hon. H. C. Lewis, afterwards 

 Lord Merthyr, paid 370 gs. for the very good-looking 

 red four-year-old Albert Princess Royal by Bapton 

 Mischief (97,946), and her roan heifer calf by Merry 

 Victor passed to Mr Cazalet at 110 gs. Princess 

 Royal 110th, a good - bodied red, rather plain in 

 horn, went to Mr Duncan Stewart at 160 gs., and 

 her beautiful dark roan heifer calf by Merry Victor 

 was secured by Mr Lewis at 170 gs. The Collynie- 

 bred white two-year-old Merry Victor (116,563), a 

 handsome son of Merry Stamp, was turned out to 

 Sir James Sivewright at 135 gs. The most famous 

 bull ever owned by Colonel Munro was the Morgan- 

 Richardson bred Massena (99,562), by Moonlight 

 (75,110). For his breeder and the Colonel, that 

 bull won about 30 first and champion prizes. 



George Michie, one of the most faithful of herds- 

 men, had been in charge of the Grandtully Vale 

 stock. A simple, shrewd, unspoiled original, he had 

 the gift of stirring the wells of humour in all men 

 with an endowment of that heaven-bestowed faculty, 

 and the peculiar charm lay in his complete unaware- 

 ness of his phase of genius. He loved to have at 

 least one first-class show animal, preferably a " bul," 

 to look at and talk to as he took a quiet draw at his 

 pipe. Once at the Vale he laid down his gentlest 

 approach to an ultimatum " Cornel, I wid like to 

 hae an exheebiteeve bul," the inference being that if 

 he did not get his animal he might possibly flit. But 

 George had no intention of flitting. 



Officers in the Volunteering and Territorial Forces 



