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bull in 1865. That was Sir Walter, an English-bred 

 white. Mrs Malcolm showed enterprise all the time 

 she held Langton, but from the late sixties on to 

 1878, when she gave up farming, she was guided 

 by the judgment of her son, Mr Wm. T. Malcolm. 

 It was in 1879 that he took a lease of the world- 

 famous Dunmore. Fittingly, in a sense, his first bull 

 at the great homestead was the Bates Marquis of 

 Worcester, bred by the Earl of Dunmore. One of 

 the best bulls ever used by Mr Malcolm was The 

 Abbot (60,229), a beautiful roan of the Goldie family, 

 bred by Mr James M'William when at Stoneytown, 

 and by the Collynie Democrat (55,560). He won 

 nine first prizes in succession, six silver cups, and 

 took second at the Highland. Golden Horn, a hand- 

 some white, also bred by Mr M'William and by 

 Democrat, was used to some extent along with The 

 Abbot. Then came the massive roan Clarence (66,845), 

 bred at Westerton by Mr James Durno, now at 

 Rothiebrisbane, and of the noted Myrtle family. 



During the twenty to twenty-five years succeeding, 

 many fine bulls were used at Dunmore, and most of 

 them were exported. Master Archer (70,962) and 

 Vain Beau (71,854) came from Collynie, and the 

 former was sold to the Earl of Powis, in whose herd 

 he bred remarkably well. Fitz Barnet of Booth blood, 

 and bred by Mr J. J. Moubray, was an experiment. 

 A fine show bull and splendid breeder followed in 

 Marksman (70,945), bred at Pirriesmill, but acquired 

 as a three-year-old from Mr John Granger, Pitcur. 

 Marksman, which was of the Meadow Queen family, 

 now so successful in Mr Duthie Webster's herd, 



