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vided another good opportunity for Captain Fletcher. 

 At that sale he acquired at 420 gs. the hand- 

 some red six-year-old Clipper Baroness by Prince of 

 the Blood (96,532), and in calf to Quartermaster 

 (132,925). From Mrs Scurfield's draft he selected at 

 the same time a young Broadhooks cow with heifer 

 calf at foot, a Golden Drop yearling heifer, and a 

 member of the old Northumberland Rose family. At 

 the Rothiebrisbane sale in 1918, Captain Fletcher 

 took out three remarkably good-looking females of the 

 noted Myrtle family. Myrtle Sylvia, a red three- 

 year-old by Golden Sittyton (106,643) at 310 gs., 

 Myrtle Poppy 2nd, a roan two-year-old by Collynie 

 Premier (124,847) at 410 gs., and Myrtle Duchess 

 2nd, a roan heifer calf, also by Collynie Premier, at 

 240 gs. were the selections. In addition to the fore- 

 going, Captain Fletcher has handsome cows and heifers 

 of the Princess Royal, Secret, Crocus, Lady Dorothy, 

 Lavender, Claret, Bessie, and Newton Countess families. 

 The Princess Royal came from Newton ; the Secret, 

 which was of Uppermill breeding, was a selection from 

 Mr Malcolm's herd ; the Crocus was a purchase from 

 the Albert Agricultural College Farm, Ireland ; and 

 the Lady Dorothy, a Darlington choice, was from 

 Mr E. R. Turton's herd. 



For principal stock bull, a great breeder was selected 

 at an early stage in the Newton-bred Burgomaster 

 (124,176). That was a red son of Champion of Scot- 

 land (111,261), out of Bessie 75th by the Royal 

 English winner Bandmaster (97,929). Before leaving 

 Newton he had his spine seriously injured by a barbed 



