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Baldowrie, in the Newtyle district of Forfarshire, was 

 a man of distinction as breeder and exhibitor of 

 Shorthorns. No records are available as to when he 

 founded his herd, but his earlier purchases were pro- 

 bably made between 1830 and 1834. In volume 4 

 of Coates' Herd- Book his name appears with six 

 entries. The white home - bred bull Sir Robert, 

 calved in 1839, was by the Ury Emperor (3716), and 

 his dam was bred by John Grey. Then there were 

 George, another white, by The Baron (5420), out of 

 the Ury cow Jane ; Paul Pry, by The Baron ; a Lady 

 Sarah cow, called Ruby ; and Stanley, by The Baron, 

 out of the Barclay-bred Diana. At Captain Barclay's 

 sale, in 1838, Mr Geekie bought Rosebud ; Ruby, a 

 granddaughter of the famous Chilton Lady Sarah ; 

 and an unnamed yearling heifer, by Emperor (3716), 

 out of Cecily. Ruby cost 78 gs., and the yearling 

 went to 50 gs. There can be little doubt that the 

 heifer was Rosie Annie, the daughter of Cecily, and 

 granddaughter of Lady Sarah. Whatever experi- 

 ments Mr Geekie may have tried at the outset, he 

 soon settled down to Ury blood on the female side. 

 By 1840, if not earlier, his leading families were the 

 Lady Sarahs and the Snows, Carolines, and Lilys of 

 Ury descent, and with the cross of Monarch (4495). 



As owner of several farms, Mr Alexander Geekie 

 led an active and useful life, and no man was more 

 highly esteemed in public affairs. An early manhood 

 portrait of him shows a singularly handsome face, a 

 head with a rich dower of dark auburn hair, and a 

 well-set-up figure. Over all, one has an impression 



