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greed heifers descended from stock bred by the late 

 Mr Eobert Oliver of Lochside, and his son, now Lieut.- 

 Col. James Oliver, owner of the Hoselaw Estate up to 

 1900. The first bulls used by Mr Douglas were Duke 

 of Cornwall (80,908), bred by Mr Richard Davidson, 

 Swinnie, and Peerless Prince, a white, bred at Legars, 

 and out of the Colly nie cow Alexandra 3rd. On 

 leaving Spotsrnains for Butchercote in 1911, Mr 

 Douglas practically cleared out his short - pedigreed 

 Shorthorns. He retained Costly Pearl, a purchase at 

 the Legars dispersal. 



In the Messrs Bain's possession this family had the 

 valuable Collynie top-crosses of Earl Marshal (70,343), 

 Bright Boy (60,403), and Day Star (55,557). It 

 traces back to the old Dryhope herd and then to 

 Northumberland blood, and represents the Gems of 

 Dryhope and Faldonside. Mr Douglas bought his 

 first Broadhooks female at Colonel Munro's sale in 

 1905. That was Airy Duchess 2nd, by the Messrs 

 Bain's Handsome Boy (76,832). A little later he 

 acquired a very fine Myrtle by Diamond Mine 

 (83,296), from Mr James Durno, then of Westerton. 

 In 1906 he added a Lauretta from Lessendrum, and 

 the following season he secured a Brawith Bud from 

 Dr Vaughan Harley. Since 1911 the principal addi- 

 tions to the herd have been a Heatherwick Mayflower, 

 an Uppermill Marigold, a Garbity Mabel represent- 

 ing the Shethin Mysie family and a Kinellar Rose- 

 bud of Mr R. W. Bell's breeding. 



At the present time the herd contains three female 

 representatives of the Brawith Bud family ; three 



