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removed from " endless agitation," and still a sharer 

 in the hum and throb of life. Mr Geekie died on 

 9th August. 



BALLECHIN. 



After Mr Alexander Robertson's death the desirable 

 stock farm, Haugh of Ballechin, in beautiful Strathtay, 

 was leased by Mr Wm. Hose, a native of Morayshire, 

 who wished to have breaks from a business life in 

 Glasgow. Acting on sound advice, Mr Hose resolved 

 to keep the farm to its Shorthorn associations. At 

 the dispersion sale held by Mr Robertson's representa- 

 tives the new tenant bought a couple of Uppermill 

 Rachel heifers by Scottish Chieftain (97,047) and Tom 

 Bowling (97,441). The following spring he acquired 

 at Perth the second prize two-year-old heifer Duchess 

 of Strathtay, bred by Mr Alexander Cameron, and by 

 Tom Bowling. That heifer, which was of Mr Robert- 

 son's favourite Carnation family, developed into a very 

 handsome cow, and she bred several excellent bulls. 

 Three of these, Ballechin Crown, Ballechin Corporal, 

 and Ballechin Cardinal, were exported to South 

 America. Corporal was champion at Penrith as a 

 two-year-old. 



The Shethin Mysie heifer Rose of Balcarres, one of 

 Mr Rose's early purchases, and sired by Bold Bailie 

 (90,943), out of Colonel Munro's Hose of Grandtully, by 

 Pillar Stone (84,311), proved a great breeder. One 

 of her daughters, Ballechin Mysie, by Ringmaster 

 (109,913), was dam of the massive red bull Ballechin 

 Mutineer (134,798), which was exported as a two- 



