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sire and the backing of Royal Crown (84,598), Stan- 

 more (66,380), Cumberland (46,144), Roan Gauntlet 

 (35,284), and Pride of the Isles (35,072). To the 

 Dalmeny stock bull, Collynie Grand Duke, Princess 

 Secret bred the beautiful dark roan Rubicon, the 

 reserve champion at Perth in 1918. That bull was 

 sold to His Majesty the King for 1450 gs., and he led 

 the two-year-old class at the Edinburgh Highland of 

 1919. Shortly after the birth of Rubicon his dam 

 slipped and broke a leg. She had to be destroyed, 

 but her daughter strengthened the line of succession 

 in due course by means of a very fine red heifer calf. 

 At the Balnagubs sale, in Kincardineshire, a red 

 Butterfly cow, with Rosario and Rosario K between 

 her and Champion of England, was taken out of the 

 ring, and she has done well in East Lothian. A 

 young cow of the same family, and by Jack Tar 

 (115,987), was afterwards bought from Mr C. W. 

 Kellock 



The years 1916-17 were important in Mr Shields' 

 herd-building scheme, as he added representatives 

 of the Clipper, Princess Royal, Kinellar Rosebud, 

 Claret, Sittyton Violet, Nonpareil, Crocus, Miss 

 Ramsden, Rosewood, Orange Blossom, and Lady 

 Dorothy families. In every instance he sought a 

 combination of high-class merit and the finest pedi- 

 grees, with the natural result that initial outlays were 

 heavy. As satisfaction, however, he had a magni- 

 ficent collection of cattle. Two of his finest-looking 

 selections were a red Crocus and a roan Princess 

 Royal, both yearlings from Mr J. Deane Willis's herd, 



