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mellow in flesh, and he always kept in condition 

 on plain fare. 



The bull G.O.T., referred to in the foregoing para- 

 graph, was bred and named by Mr James Bruce of 

 Inverquhomery, and used by Mr Stott, Powburn, 

 Kincardineshire. The bull was a good-bodied roan, 

 but with dark-tipped horns, and his nose was not 

 quite orthodox. Born when the first Home Rule 

 controversy was running its course, his breeder re- 

 solved to ring a change on the Grand Old Man 

 (Mr Gladstone) " Grand Old Traitor, that's fat he 

 is," was the Northerner's verdict. Mr James Bruce, 

 tall, angular, strong-featured, with piercing grey eyes 

 and smiting tongue like that of a Hebrew prophet, 

 had a scientific brain and a great heart. 



For many years, up to the early part of this cen- 

 tury, Mr John Hill, Langside, had an excellent little 

 herd. He had very good Roseflowers and Lancasters, 

 and from Montrave he acquired a very fine descendant 

 of Romping Girl. Mr Hill was a most observant, 

 highly -intelligent man, a first-rate farmer, and a 

 tasteful judge of an animal. The best Shorthorn 

 ever bred by him was Nonsuch (65,969), with which 

 Lord Polwarth won the Highland and Royal Cham- 

 pionships in 1894-95. As an old bull, Nonsuch was 

 one of the grandest-looking specimens of the breed 

 that any show-goer had seen for a long time. His 

 sire was Mr James A. Gordon's Chief Secretary 

 (55,467), and his dam was Roseflower 2nd by Cherry 

 Shoot (49,268), bred by Mr G. Torrance. Like Royal 

 Herald and Linksfield Champion, Nonsuch came to 



