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the journey. When Captain Barclay was forming his 

 herd he sought advice from Watson, and at the Ury 

 sale of 1838 the understanding with some was that 

 Wetherell took out the thirteen-year-old Lady Sarah 

 for Keillor. In any case, Watson then bought the 

 cows, Lucy by Mars, and Susan by Champion. With 

 the Laird of Ury he continued to be on the most 

 intimate and friendly terms, and he loved to meet 

 the Booths, Wetherell, Mitchell, and other prominent 

 men in the Shorthorn ranks. In 1848 Colonel Dal- 

 gairns of Balgavies, Forfar, showed a bull bred at 

 Keillor. The Balgavies herd was well known beyond 

 the bounds of the county. 



In Forfarshire, the Coupar- Angus district probably 

 took the lead in extending hospitality to Short- 

 horns. Mr David Inches of Cardean, who founded 

 a herd with stock from the Messrs Wilson, Edington 

 Mains and Simprim in Berwickshire ; Mr Andrew 

 Dalgairns, Ingliston ; Mr Anderson, Newton, and 

 Mr Hood, Hatton of Eassie, had herds which came 

 into note during the third decade of the century. 

 Mr Henry Stephens, afterwards so well known as 

 an agricultural writer, was a Shorthorn pioneer while 

 farming Balmadies in the eastern part of the 

 county. His first purchase was from Mr Brown, 

 Whitsome Hill, Berwickshire. For eight years he 

 had a much - admired red - and - white bull named 

 Brown in honour of the breeder. This Brown was 

 by the red-and-white Ladykirk bull Valentine, out 

 of a cow descended from the stock of Mason of 

 Chilton. Mr Stephens sold his herd in 1830, and 



