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have now two or three crosses of Scotch blood. 

 They are thick-fleshed compact cattle, and excellent 

 milkers. 



In 1891 the herd scored its first win at the Perth 

 Spring Show with the bull Strowan Marquis by 

 Admiral (56,797). He was sold to the Earl of Rose- 

 bery for 62 gs. In 1895 Strowan Ensign by the 

 Stoneytown Defender won ; and he passed to Lord 

 Rothschild at 95 gs. Nine years later Strowan Royal 

 Duke led at Perth, and for him there was keen com- 

 petition, as Mr F. Miller, Birkenhead, had to pay 600 

 gs. for him. The herd won for the fourth time at 

 Perth in 1910 with Strowan Archduke by the great 

 stock bull Strowan Regent. In this case the winner 

 was secured by Mr Donald Maclennan at 750 gs. 

 The strong man among exporters held that Arch- 

 duke was one of the best yearlings he had ever 

 acquired in his long career. 



A note on the record of the old families in the herd 

 and on the Claras will be of interest. Strowan 

 Marchioness 2nd, a singularly handsome cow with a 

 Bates cross in her, was dam of Strowan Marquis, and 

 she herself took third at the Highland. Mated with 

 Defender, she also produced the magnificent Strowan 

 Marchioness 3rd, which won all the county champion- 

 ships ; also first at the Highland of 1898 and reserve 

 for supreme honours, which then went to the two-year- 

 old Star of Dawn, one of the grandest bulls of his age 

 seen for a long time. Marchioness 3rd was not only a 

 wonderful show cow, she was a high-class breeder. 

 Her best daughter was Marchioness 5th, which led at 



