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talini family was followed at Naemoor by Fitz Riby 

 (70,447), from Alnwick, and Sir Grimston Studley 

 2nd (75,668), and Sir Charles Grimston from Sir Jacob 

 Wilson's herd at Chillingham. Lord Mayo (77,090), 

 bred by Mr Richard Booth, was in service when the 

 herd was dispersed in October 1901. The cows were 

 thoroughly Booth in character, with large frames, 

 strong backs, wide ribs, and long quarters, while 

 colours ran mainly to good roans. Times were dull, 

 however, and prices took a moderate range, the average 

 for 40 head being 25. 



Only a few Shorthorns were kept at Naemoor for 

 a number of years after the dispersion of the Booth 

 herd. Prior to 1909 one or two females of Scotch 

 blood were introduced. An Uppermill Bessie by Star 

 of Morning was the most typical in the experimental 

 purchases, but a Game Rosamund from Collynie with 

 Cruickshank top-crosses looked very hopeful. With 

 the exception of a very fine Bright cow and her 

 daughter, the Naemoor herd is now a distinctively 

 Cruickshank one. It was mainly with the object of 

 striking out on fashionable Scotch lines that Mr 

 Moubray engaged as agent the enthusiastic Mr Wm. 

 F. M'Laren. To all intents the existing herd at 

 Naemoor was founded in 1909. At the Ballechin 

 dispersion sale in October of that year the grand cow 

 Ballechin Roan Rose, of the Rosebud family, and by 

 Victor Chief (82,532), was bought for 270 gs. In Mr 

 Robertson's possession she produced the noted show 

 and breeding bull Jim Sidey (99,230), the grandsire 

 of Mr Wm. Duthie's great bull Max of Cluny. 



