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bred Fortuna females from Mr George Russell of 

 Hatton, three heifers of the Wimple family, and a 

 Queen of Spey from the Duke of Richmond, and a 

 red heifer calf, Montrave Agatha, of Knightley Anna 

 descent, from Sir John Gilmour, Bart. Of all these, 

 only the Wimple and the Montrave purchases are 

 now represented in the herd. The first of the Clippers 

 was the red-and-white Eve bred by Mr George Ander- 

 son, West Fingask, and by Golden Victor (91,978). 

 This is the Newton branch of the Clippers which 

 became so well known at Montrave. A Jealousy 

 from Newton, a Sanquhar Graceful from the late 

 Mr Alexander Robertson, Ballechin, a Graceful from 

 Polmaise, a Marigold from Keir, and a Waterloo from 

 Mr James Morrison, Phingask, were added by Mr 

 Fortune, but these females have no descendants in 

 the existing herd. 



The oldest cow now in the herd is Augusta 120th, 

 bred by Colonel Munro at Mains of Murthly, and by 

 Edwin of Ballechin (95,070). She has six female 

 descendants of great merit in the herd, the oldest 

 being Augusta 121st, a very handsome roan by the 

 Heatherwick Scottish Gift (110,102). Clippers make 

 a fine show at Balcarres. One of the best is the 

 seven -year -old Pink Lady by Scottish Gift out of 

 Eve. Another first-class cow out of the original pur- 

 chase is the white six-year-old Esther 10th, also by 

 Scottish Gift. A four-year-old white, a three-year- 

 old red, and a two-year-old roan, granddaughters of 

 Eve, maintain the high character of the family. The 

 only member of the Wimple family now in the herd 



