MITCHELL'S SALE, AND PERSONALITY 51 



too early a stage. The dispersion took place on 

 3rd September 1894. The Earl of Mar and Kellie, 

 the proprietor, occupied the chair at the luncheon, 

 and among those present were Lord Polwarth, Lord 

 Bathdonnell, Mr Wm. Duthie, Mr J. Deane Willis, 

 Mr Chandos Pole-Gell, Mr William C. Booth, Mr 

 Wm. Tait, Windsor; Mr Donald Fisher, Mr Wm. 

 Graham, and Mr Robert Bruce. 



The top price of the sale was 105 gs., paid by 

 Mr Hollington for Eastthorpe Belle, a two- year - 

 old by the home-bred His Highness. Mr Hollington 

 also took Flower of June of like age, and by the 

 same sire, at 75 gs. ; Mr Pole-Gell paid 86 gs. for 

 the four -year -old Eastthorpe Queen, by a son of 

 Flower King. Mr Staniforth went to 73 gs. for 

 Flower of May, by Sir John Studley, and Lord 

 Polwarth secured Weal Wave by Boniface, at 

 62 gs. For 44 cows and heifers the average was 

 31, 19s. 4d., and for three young bulls it was 

 17, 3s. lOd. Of Mr Mitchell it could then be said 

 that, although fourscore and three, his eye was not 

 dim, and his mind was unclouded if his natural 

 force was abated. A kingly man mentally and 

 physically ; strong, serene, and kindly in counten- 

 ance, Mr Mitchell's personality impressed his genera- 

 tion. He died on entering his eighty-seventh year, 

 24th March 1897. 



During the fifties and sixties of last century the 

 Duke of Montrose was a man of note in the Short- 

 horn world. When his herd was sold in 1867, along 

 with the Strathallan cattle, the most famous animal 



