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in the younger class, 1914. The latter, which was by 

 the highly successful Proud Massa (109,776), passed 

 into the possession of the Messrs Law, Mains of 

 Sanquhar, and a son of his became the sire of the 

 Balnabeen Gipsy Lad, which was sold at Perth in 

 1918 for 2000 gs. Polmaise Royal Baron was another 

 bull of the Lovely line of breeding. He was the sire 

 of some high - priced animals sold at the Messrs 

 Peterkin's draft disposal in 1918. Lothian Laird 

 (112,374), the noted stock bull owned by Mr Alfred 

 H. Reid of Hillhead, is from a daughter of Polmaise 

 Lovely Baroness. The Lovelys are deservedly appre- 

 ciated at Polmaise. 



A few members of the Waterloo family are in the 

 herd. One branch is descended from the Rosehaugh- 

 bred Waterloo Lilias, a daughter of the Highland 

 Society winner Watchword. She was acquired in 

 1899. Another branch came from Ruddington Hall 

 in 1906, the purchase then made being the massive 

 red roan Marengo's Lady Beauty by the champion 

 Marengo. Lady Beauty's first calf at Polmaise was 

 the handsome red Jubilant (99,240), by Ruddington 

 King Edward. Jubilant was bought at Perth by Mr 

 Duthie for 350 gs., and was used several seasons at 

 Colly nie, where he became the sire of Lavender 

 Victor, Proud Jubilant, Collynie Marshal, Diamond 

 Jubilee, and a number of first-class females. Pol- 

 maise Marengo, a grandson of Lady Beauty, took 

 third prize at Perth in 1911, and was sold to Mr 

 Maclennan. At the Ruddington sale also Bright 

 Ruby of the well - known Dunglass family and by 



