CHAPTER VII. 



Earl of Dunmore Founding Bates herd American transactions His 

 great draft sale Duke of Connaught Earl's appearance and char- 

 acter John Moubray Great land improver His honours and 

 prizes East Lothian notables George Rennie, Brown, Carnegie 

 J. C. Cur wen, M.P., Thomas Bates, Judge Hepburn Correspondence 

 Lord Althorp and John Grey John Rennie James Tweedie 

 James Carrie James Douglas His brilliant successes. 



THE late Earl of Dunmore was the only man who 

 ever made a serious attempt on a large scale to found 

 in Scotland a herd of pure Bates cattle. In 1868, 

 when he set out as purchaser, his aim was to make 

 the closest approach he possibly could to the Kirk- 

 levington cult. From Mr Stiles Rich, Didmarton, he 

 acquired members of the Waterloo and Kirklevington 

 strain. To them he added Mr Bowly's Musicals, also 

 Siddingtons and Fawsleys. In the spring of 1871 

 he imported from the Hon. M. H. Cochrane of Hill- 

 hurst, Canada, the heifer llth Lady of Oxford. 

 From Mr Cochrane he at the same time bought for 

 2500 gs. the heifer calves Duchess 108th and four 

 Roses of Sharon, bred by Mr Abram Renick, Ken- 

 tucky. In Canada he also secured 8th Maid of 

 Oxford and Marchioness of Oxford. By 1872 Lord 

 Dunmore culled his herd down to Duchesses, Oxfords, 



