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The Galloways were cleared off Newbie by 1860, 

 and a few years later Shorthorns were gradually 

 introduced. In the fifties Mr Beattie's general 

 purpose young man was his nephew, Mr Simon 

 Beattie, but when Simon was at the stake - nets 

 or at Carlisle with a consignment of fish, his 

 mind was always on the stock at the farm. Uncle 

 and nephew came to ''words'* at last, and about 

 1858 the junior, who had previous introductions to 

 the Millers and the Hon. M. H. Cochrane, set off 

 for Canada, and began a striking international career, 

 which lasted for thirty years. In 1861 Mr Simon 

 Beattie had his first transaction as an importer to 

 America. He took out from Mr Syme's herd two 

 bulls and four cows, the bulls and a couple of the 

 cows being by Mr Unthank's General Havelock 

 (16,130). Of Mr Cochrane in the sixties, Mr Wm. 

 Warfield noted : " He farmed largely, aided by that 

 well-known character and excellent judge, Simon 

 Beattie of Annan." In the Scottish sense, Beattie was 

 more of an undisciplined genius than a "character." 



Mr James Beattie took an early liking to the 

 Aylesby W's, and in after years he had magnificent 

 cows descended from Warrior's Plume and Wave 

 Breast, both by the famous Breast Plate (19,337). 

 Warrior's Plume, which was from Warrior's Pride, 

 by Dr M'Hale (15,887), cost 400 gs., in 1869, as a 

 three-year-old cow. She won at the Dumfries High- 

 land in 1870, and at the Wolverhampton Royal in 

 1871. At the latter show she was described by the 

 judges as "very sweet and feminine, with lovely head 



