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1874, his average for 42 head being 86, 9s. His 

 Cold Creams were then in the ascendant. Duchess 

 of Knightley went to Mr W. R. Davies at 280 gs. ; 

 Fawsley 5th to Mr A. H. Longman at 215 gs. ; and 

 other ten made 100 gs. and over. The Earl of Derby, 

 Lord Kinnaird, Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., and 

 Mr Sylvester Campbell, were among the purchasers. 

 On 24th April 1879 he sold off his Keithock stock, 

 as his lease was almost terminated. It was a dull 

 disposal. For 49 head his average was only 35, 12s. 

 The Aylesby Waterloo cow, West Hope, which cost 

 220 gs. in 1875, passed out of the ring at 61 gs. to 

 Sir Wm. Scott of Ancrum. Ringdove, which was 

 acquired at the Peepy sale of 1875 at 160 gs., also 

 found her limit at 61 gs., her buyer being Mr Molli- 

 son for Dochfour. Mr Wm. Tait, Mr Maxtone Graham, 

 Mr Chandos Pole-Gell, Mr John Granger, Pitcur, 

 Mr John Cran, Kirkton, and others, had easy bar- 

 gains. Among his favourite bulls were Scottish 

 Chief (22,850), The Chieftain (20,942), Good Hope 

 (31,274), Fawsley Prince (31,150), Brother Windsor 

 (25,690), and Valentine Vox. The last named was 

 passed to Mr Marr, Cairnbrogie, at the 1874 sale 

 for 63 gs. 



For a few years during the eighties Mr Fisher had 

 no representatives of his beloved breed, but shortly 

 after 1890 he took the pretty little farm of Croftin- 

 loan, on the south -facing braes near Pitlochry, and 

 started with all his old ardour to form a herd. A 

 Clipper from Collynie ; a Missie, a Maude, and a 

 Rachel from Uppermill, were soon agreeably associ- 



