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coat of hair, his touch was perfect. He lacked a 

 little in masculine strength of countenance, but he 

 left grand stock, and the young cows by him are 

 proving excellent breeders. He was sold in the 

 spring of 1919 to Captain Macgillivray. 



A bull of exceptional breed character, conforma- 

 tion, and colour was acquired at Mr Duthie's sale 

 in 1917. That was the red roan Eclipse of Collynie 

 (136,344) by Max of Cluny, out of Collynie Estelle 

 by Knight of Collynie. He cost 1700 gs., but 

 he is likely to prove the cheapest bull ever used 

 at Doune Lodge, as his calves are high - class 

 Shorthorns with heads, bodily shapes, and colours to 

 please a judge. Some of the red cows have been 

 mated with the home-bred white Doune Brilliance by 

 Dunglass Brilliant out of Doune Broadhooks 3rd. 

 Doune Grand Knight (130,657), and the strikingly 

 handsome red Sanquhar Grand Courtier (139,103) 

 by Collynie Grand Knight (119,549), out of Sanquhar 

 Rachel by Hawthorn Champion (99,089), left some 

 excellent calves. The best calf by the Sanquhar bull 

 was Mr Shields' D.S.O. Sold to Captain Fletcher for 

 750 gs., Grand Courtier won third in the aged class 

 at the Edinburgh Highland. 



Some of the land at Doune Lodge is a loam of no 

 more than second-rate quality naturally, but the 

 whole area has been very much improved by good 

 farming. Wild white clover has done well in the 

 rotation pastures. At the steading there is nothing 

 better than the range of bull-boxes with their southern 

 exposure. 



