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sale. Those two females proved prolific and first-class 

 breeders. In course of a decade Mr Finlayson bred 

 many greatly admired animals by the use of front-rank 

 bulls. Duchess Broadhooks 2nd was dam of Throsk 

 Broadhooks, the second-prize bull in the older class 

 at Perth in 1909, and the top-priced animal of the 

 sale. He was taken by Mr Donald Maclennan at 

 550 gs. for the Argentine. Mr Finlayson next tried 

 a Wild Eyes from Mr J. M. Hall of Middlefield 

 House, Cumberland, a Fancy from Messrs Lumsden 

 & MacKenzie, and Bright Gem 2nd, a pretty cow 

 from the Duke of Buccleuch, and tracing back to a 

 Wood foundation. These and their produce were all 

 sold off in course of a few years. 



In 1918 Mr Finlayson sold the larger portion of 

 his herd at Aberdeen, as the much-reduced farm was 

 thrown out of its ordinary working arrangements at 

 that time. A Rosemary family was then cleared out. 

 The first of that strain at Throsk was the Tilbouries- 

 bred Rosemary 119th, bought at Bletchley. She was 

 a very handsome roan by Mr John Young's favourite 

 Duthie bull Bonnie Scotland (82,915). Her daughter, 

 Rosemary 120th by Doune Bondsman (115,098), in- 

 herited her mother's good looks. Mr Finlayson has 

 done well with the Elizas. His first of this fine old 

 family, so much associated with Pirriesmill, was Flora 

 of Phingask, a white by Broadhooks Mint (98,221), 

 dam by the Collynie Royal Charter (84,585). She bred 

 a number of good bulls, and two of her daughters, 

 Eliza 2nd and Eliza 3rd, both whites by Boquhan 

 Guardsman (114,407), are now on the farm. He 



