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Chirnside, where he died in 1899. His principal 

 families of cattle latterly were the Cherrys, tracing 

 back to a cow by Simon (5133) ; the much better- 

 known Rosebuds, descended from Premium by Leopold 

 (2199) ; the Didos or Emeralds, full of Booth blood ; 

 the Jewels, going back to Kitty by Waterloo (2816) ; 

 and the Empresses, tracing to Likely by The Pacha 

 (7612). Cherry Shoot (49,268), a bull of Mr 

 Torrance's breeding, appears in the Bates - crossed 

 Orange Blossom pedigree. Among the bulls used at 

 Sisterpath were Major (43,607), roan, bred by Lord 

 Polwarth from a dam of Uppermill Missie descent ; 

 British Grenadier (33,217), red and white, bred by 

 Mr J. Bowman from a cow by Baron Killer by (23,364) ; 

 Lowland Chief (48,269), red, bred at Legars and by 

 Scothern Butterfly 2nd (40,678) ; First Lord (46,355), 

 red, bred by the Hon. R. Baillie-Hamilton ; and 

 Oxford Duke of Killhow 4th (48,399), roan, bred by 

 Mr S. P. Foster, and used for some time by Mr Baillie- 

 Hamilton. 



Modern breeders in the Border district are more 

 deeply indebted than the majority of them know to 

 the enterprising and far-sighted men who formed the 

 Tweedside Agricultural Society in 1811 and the 

 Border Society in 1813. The latter organisation, 

 which was set agoing with a publicly subscribed sum 

 of 300 guineas, had as first president the Duke of 

 Roxburghe. Its opening show was held at Kelso on 

 15th September 1813, and thereafter Spring and 

 Autumn Shows were conducted and premiums were 

 awarded for the best Shorthorn bulls, draught and 



