134 SHORTHORNS 



Lavender 15th, by Prince of Sanquhar (71,251); the 

 red Angus or Crofton Rosebud, Scottish Pauline, by 

 Scottish Regent (93,373) ; and the red Golden Drop, 

 Pure Gold, by Royal Edward. Heifer calves by the 

 Boquhan stock bull included a Dairymaid, a Clipper 

 of the Newton line, a Mayflower, a Lady Dorothy, 

 and a Claret by Proud Monarch (92,961), Bellona 

 twins, and an Augusta by the Cromleybank Prince of 

 Lancaster (92,907), and a Nonpareil by Royal Beaufort 

 (89,803). 



The stock bulls then in use were the old Beaufort- 

 bred roan Mercury (77,253), of the Mysie family and 

 by Royal Star (71,502), the Cromleybank roan Prince 

 of Lancaster by Royal Crown (84,598), and the red 

 Collynie - bred Proud Monarch of the Dairymaid 

 family and by Proud Edward from a dam by Scottish 

 Monarch (75,598) ; behind which came William of 

 Orange (50,694), Pride of the Isles (35,072), Royal 

 Duke of Gloucester (29,864), and Champion of Eng- 

 land (17,526). Mercury and Prince of Lancaster were 

 good-looking bulls, but they did not have much influ- 

 ence on the herd. Proud Monarch was the highest- 

 priced calf of his year at Collynie. His head was not 

 quite the best, and his horns in old age had a some- 

 what ungainly set downward by his cheeks. He had 

 also an unreliable temper as he got into years, but he 

 was a remarkable success as a breeder, especially of 

 female animals. His strong concentration of Champion 

 of England blood through a great line of sires, and the 

 high-class character of his dam, grandam, and great- 

 gran dam, account for his excellence as a stock bull. 



