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selection," he said at one time, " be all the more 

 difficult to please in your choice of stock bulls." 

 The first bull to make a strong impression at Millhills 

 and in the district was the Uppermill - bred roan 

 Golden Gift (81,168) by Spicy Robin (69,638), out of 

 Goldie 39th by Captain of the Guard (58,596). After 

 being used two seasons Mr Stewart passed this 

 grandly bred bull on to CriefFvechter, where he left 

 a uniformly high-class lot of heifers, which in their 

 turn proved valuable breeders. Proud Favourite 

 (84,420), the next of the important bulls selected 

 for Millhills, was a handsome red Uppermill - bred 

 Princess Royal by Bapton Favourite (76,080), from a 

 very fine William of Orange cow. He lacked some- 

 thing in the fore-ribs, but he was very mellow-fleshed 

 and had good hind-quarters. As a yearling he won 

 at the Highland. The Roan Lady bull Royal Eclipse 

 (87,179), also of Marr breeding and by Bapton 

 Favourite, suited the Golden Gift and Proud Favourite 

 females very well, although his type was not quite the 

 same. He was a lightish roan, beautifully smooth, if 

 not specially deep in flesh. His frame lacked width 

 to some extent, and he went against the Wanderer 

 and William of Orange crosses in his blood by being 

 rather upstanding to begin with, but he improved with 

 age. He led at the Highland as a yearling, and as an 

 aged bull he took first at the Royal Dublin Show and 

 stood reserve for the Chaloner Plate. His constitu- 

 tion must have been of the very best, as he never 

 looked in finer form than when exported by Mr A. J. 

 Marshall as a six-year-old. The Collynie-bred red 



