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Prices ruled low, the average for 60 head being 

 only 18, 15s. 6d. Mr Carnegie of Aytounhill paid 

 the top price of 44 gs. for Clara 46th. 



In 1895 Mr Christie bought back the Clara cow, 

 and she proved a great breeder, her most noted 

 son being Moonlight (75,110). An Uppermill Missie 

 by Lord Lavender (54,616), a Ury Maid by Scottish 

 Archer (59,893), a Northumberland Rosebud by 

 Prince Palatine (57,933), a Sittyton Victoria from 

 Powburn, and by G.O.T. (65,603), a Rock Rose, a 

 Jealousy, and other families were acquired. Of the 

 bulls in use during the second period the best 

 were the Collynie - bred Clinker (66,846) of the 

 Clara family, by Gravesend (46,481); his home- 

 bred son Moonlight, the red Goliath (65,600), bred 

 by Mr George Bruce, and the Montrave white, 

 Archer's Heir (76,037), by Brave Archer. The herd 

 was dispersed on 21st September 1901, at fair prices. 

 The averages were, 18 cows, 33, 6s. 9d. ; 12 calves, 

 19, 12s. ; 15 heifers, 28, 7s.; 5 bulls, 28, 2s. 9d. 

 Mr Duthie paid the highest price, 85 gs., for Sun- 

 flower 15th, a good five-year-old roan of a well-known 

 Woodend family, and by the Sittyton Coldstream 

 (60,510). Moonlight had been sold previously to 

 Mr John Handley, in whose possession he won third 

 in the aged class at the Inverness Highland, in ad- 

 dition to several firsts and two championships at 

 the English shows. Sold to Mr Morgan Richardson, 

 he became the sire of a number of champions, among 

 these being Meteor and Massena. Moonlight was a 

 roan of grand character, very smooth, deep, and 



