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(116,185), out of a dam by Morning Star (109,463); 

 a two-year-old roan of Phantassie Flower descent by 

 Collynie Gold Cup (124,842), whose dam was Collynie 

 Julia by Lord Matadore (106,046) ; and a pretty 

 roan heifer calf by Knight Champion (131,804), out 

 of Moresby Beauty by Collynie Gold Cup. A red 

 Myrtle yearling was added from Mr Grieve, Whitrig 

 Hill. This heifer is by Mr Douglas's Bessbrook 

 (124,300), and from Myrtle 2nd by Broad Arrow. 

 Mr Stirling has two or three beautiful calves. A 

 roan by Rouge Royal out of the Pauline cow is a 

 gem. At the Aberdeen spring sale of last year 

 he acquired the very short-legged thick-set Kil- 

 blean Beauty bull, Mayor of Brussels, a roan bred 

 by Mr George A. Bruce, and by Vulcan of Nae- 

 moor (134,187), dam by Pearlfinder (116,911). 



DOLPHINGSTONE. 



At the large and fertile East Lothian farm of 

 Dolphingstone, on the Preston Grange property, near 

 Tranent, Mr George Bertram Shields, the vigorous 

 and enterprising tenant, has varied interests. With 

 Clydesdale horses of the best lines of breeding, a 

 famous flock of Suffolk sheep, growing of early and 

 late potatoes, specialising in seed wheat, and breeding 

 of Shorthorn cattle, the man in possession of this 

 front-rank 640 -acres farm has scope for exercise of 

 judgment, and ample opportunities for putting finish- 

 ing touches on organisation. Enough of shelter from 

 east and north is provided by the old policy timber, 



