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they were soon cleared out. The like fate befell the 

 Lady Dorothys. They did not come up to expecta- 

 tion, and their pedigrees did not save them. Recent 

 additions to the herd have been a Queen of Rothes 

 from Cloichfoldich ; a Lavender from Newton of Barra, 

 Aberdeenshire ; a Princess Royal from Mr A. J. 

 Marshall, and a Clara from Major Graham Stirling. 

 The first named, which is by Keir Quartermaster 

 (120,896), was second-prize yearling at Perth. The 

 Lavender was one of the prettiest calves at Aberdeen 

 in 1917. A better bred Princess Royal than the one 

 from Mr Marshall's herd could not be found. She 

 cost 800 gs. The Clara is a true Uppermill one with 

 the William of Orange cross. 



In stock bulls pride of place at Naemoor must be 

 given to the white Edgcote Masterpiece (115,277) by 

 Bletchley King (98,112), out of Lady Mabel by Pride 

 of Avon (86,878), grandam by Bacchus of Dalmeny 

 (66,642). As a yearling in 1913 he won first at the 

 Royal, the Highland, and the Oxfordshire, and was 

 champion at the Huntingdon Show. He was not 

 shown again, as he was by far too valuable for breeding 

 purposes. In every sense of the word Masterpiece is a 

 great bull. His head is a model : it combines so per- 

 fectly masculine impressiveness, Shorthorn character, 

 and placid dignity. And the framework is in keeping. 

 It is wonderfully massive on short legs, and a thick 

 smooth cover of lean flesh is never a want ing. As a sire 

 the old bull has proved invaluable. Among other bulls 

 used by Mr Moubray in recent years have been the 

 Boquhan-bred red Cupbearer (111,475) of the Claret 



