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this female was Mr A. J. Marshall's Stage Pirate 

 (114,320). 



Eecent purchases include Butterfly, Mayflower, 

 Heather wick Bella, Matilda, and Sanquhar Graceful, 

 heifers with the very best top-crosses. The Butter- 

 fly, a very good-looking roan, was bred by Mr 

 Williamson, Auldtown of Carnousie, and is by Mr 

 Wm. Duthie's Merry Courtier (116,550) ; the May- 

 flower came from the herd of Mr Allan M. Douglas, 

 and is by Bessbrook (124,300); the Bella and the 

 Matilda were acquired from Old Craig, their sires 

 being Crystal Gift (130,475) and Chief General 

 (124,738); while the Graceful was from the select 

 little herd owned by the late Mr John Watson, Kirk- 

 wood House, Strathaven. The sire of the Graceful 

 was Boquhan Augusta Chief (129,746). This heifer, 

 a red two-year-old, has produced a very pretty roan 

 heifer calf by the Wester Lovat Proud Waterloo, a 

 massive, level, dark roan, calved on the last day of 

 March 1917 by the Saphock Proud Nonpareil (122,232), 

 out of a Lady Waterloo cow by Kilblean Stamp 

 (88,978). Mr Graham has also used to some extent a 

 grandly bred Augusta yearling the red Fairlawne 

 Gainsborough from Mr Cazalet's famous herd, sire 

 the Pirriesmill Esmond (111,713), dam Augusta 

 Goldie by the Collynie Pride of the Goldies 

 (100,006), grandam by Orangeman (84,263), and 

 great - grandarn by Waverley (68,072). Augusta 

 Goldie, bred at Fingask, cost 300 gs. at the Aber- 

 deen sale in 1910. Pride of the Goldies was by 

 Pride of Avon (86,878), out of a dam by Scotch 



