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Primrose Prince (127,380), sold to Mr J. D. Fletcher 

 for 510 gs. ; and the dark roan Lavender 72nd by 

 Collynie Violet Star (135,830), and one of the 

 gems of her year, for which Mr W. M. Cazalet paid 

 820 gs. In 1919 the Lavender cow produced a 

 beautiful roan bull calf, Lavender Regent, by Collynie 

 Royal Duke (141,715). Blythesome 26th, a dark 

 roan, bred in Ireland and by the Pirriesmill Proud 

 Emperor (112,912), has done remarkably well as a 

 breeder. To Clipper Favourite (124,782) she calved in 

 1915 Blythesome 29th, a handsome red, bought by the 

 late Colonel A. T. Gordon of Newton, who sold her 

 to Mr C. H. Jolliffe. The latter disposed of her again 

 for 650 gs. The good red bull, Baron's Pride, followed 

 and passed to South America, and the cow bred 

 another red bull in 1919 to Collynie Royal Duke. 



Properly top-crossed representatives of the Sittyton 

 Crocus family are in very few hands. In the summer 

 of 1915 the Moness herd had an important addition 

 in the dark-red roan yearling heifer Caroline, bought 

 privately from Mr J. Deane Willis. She was a heifer 

 with a beautiful head and a wonderfully perfect top. 

 Her first calf was the red roan Cardinal by Primrose 

 Prince (127,830). This bull was sold to Major Murray 

 of Polmaise, and subsequently exported. A red roan 

 heifer named Constance by Collynie Violet Star came 

 next, and was retained in the herd. In 1919 Caroline 

 bred a white bull calf by Collynie Royal Duke. 



In the autumn of 1915 a very fine rich roan, Orange 

 Blossom, heifer calf by the Collynie Lavender Favourite 

 (121,106), was bought from Colonel Gordon. Two of 



