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CHAPTER IV. 



George, Lord Kinnaird His varied interests His Shorthorns The 

 Hunters and Patrick Kinnear His lordship's critics Lumsden & 

 Mackenzie Successful herd John Drummond, Cultmalundie 

 Hugh Watson, Keillor His Ury Shorthorns Friendships with 

 Shorthorn breeders Inches, Dalgairns, Hood, Stephens, and others 

 Eennie, Earl of Airlie, Arklay, James Swan The Grangers 

 Taylor, Charles Lyall, David Hume. 



AT beautiful Rossie Priory, by the edge of the 

 fertile Carse of Gowrie, George, Lord Kinnaird, had 

 a herd for nearly forty years, and if he was not 

 quite so keen on exhibiting as he was on steam- 

 ploughing, improved implements, drainage, and phases 

 of social reform, he did not miss his opportunities 

 when the Highland came within fair reach. His 

 lordship began by purchasing bulls from Earl Spencer 

 for the use of his Carse of Gowrie and district tenants, 

 and after a short trial he began to form a herd of 

 his own. He was no doubt stimulated by his enthu- 

 siastic neighbours, the Hunters of Glencarse and 

 Monorgan, and Mr Patrick Kinnear of Lochton and 

 Littleton. Those gentlemen had well-known herds 

 during the twenties and thirties of the century. 

 One of their most successful joint -speculations, ac- 

 cording to Dickson, was the purchase from Mr Rennie 



