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was perhaps the neatest and showiest bull ever used 

 in the herd, but he was no great success as a breeder. 

 As an old bull in the possession of Mr George Harri- 

 son he had a brilliant show-ring career, being practi- 

 cally always a first-prize winner, and several times 

 champion at the leading open events in the three 

 Kingdoms. One of the best breeding bulls ever used 

 at Dalcapon was Star of Atholl (77,962), a short-legged, 

 very blocky-bodied roan bred by Colonel Munro, and 

 out of a Myrtle cow which the Colonel had bought 

 as a calf from Mr James Durno, then of Westerton. 

 Star of Atholl bulls stood second on two occasions for 

 the group prize at Perth. Mr Alexander Fergusson's 

 comment on Bushey of Cluny (78,507) was, " He was 

 certainly the best bull my father ever owned." A 

 singularly handsome roan, with a beautiful head and 

 a perfect back, he had long neatly-finished quarters. 

 He won all round at the County Shows, and took 

 second as a two-year-old at the Aberdeen Highland. 

 As a breeder he gave the highest satisfaction. His 

 sire was the Collynie Royal Pride (71,489), which 

 Mr Duthie bought back from Lady Cathcart. 



Among other bulls used at Dalcapon have been the 

 Messrs Law's Scotch Monarch (84,718); the Beaufort 

 Reformer (89,801), third-prize winner at Birmingham ; 

 Dalcapon Victor (94,820), bred by Mr John Barnes; 

 Proud Duke (117,109), bred by Mr W. M. Scott, and 

 second-prize winner at Birmingham in 1913 ; Red- 

 gorton Envoy (144,809) and Brawith Chieftain 

 (141,177), the sires of the young bulls and heifers 

 now coming forward. 



