34 PRIDE OF ABERDEEN. 



sold as a yearling at 80 guineas to Danesfield, and at that 

 sale in 1904 at 70 guineas to Auchorachan, 



(4) Topsy of Tillyfour 1789, which was bred at 

 Tillyfour and passed to Easter Tulloch where she pro- 

 duced Pride ist of Easter Tulloch 7655, a daughter 

 of which, Pride gth of Easter Tulloch 12954, went to 

 Ballindalloch, where she bred Parole 26913, which, with 

 others of this strain, was included in the 1902 sale. 



(5) Mabel 1901 (also bred at Tillyfour), which passed 

 to Methlick, where she produced : 



(a) Mabel 2nd 3234, represented through her 

 daughters, Mabel 5th 4294, by the " Mabels of Knap- 

 perna,'' of which two members, Mabel 7th of Knapperna 

 34663 and Mabel 8th of Knapperna 34664, went to 

 Maisemore, and distinguished themselves at the R.A.S.E. 

 and other shows in England and Mabel nth 7099, from 

 which come the " Mabels of Braevail and Craighead," 

 represented at Braevail, Garvault, Harviestoun, Theak- 

 ston, and elsewhere. Of this strain came the bull Parsee 

 of Harviestoun 22401, ist at the Perth Sale and Dublin 

 Show, 1904, and 2nd as a two-year-old at the H.A.S. 

 Show 1905, and sold for export to Argentina. 



(b) Mabel 3rd 3235, which went with her heifer calf 

 to New Zealand in 1881, but of which there are descen- 

 dants through Pride of Balvenie 3rd 13609, sold at 

 Minmore in 1891 for 100 guineas, at Anngrove (Ireland). 



(c) Mabel 4th 4290, represented at Banks. 



Pride of Aberdeen 3rd appears to have passed to 

 Johnston Lodge, as she produced there, in 1877, Pride of 

 Aberdeen i7th 4078, which was the dam of the great 

 show bull The Black Knight 1809, also bred there, which 

 was ist as an aged bull in 1883 an d ^85 at the H.A.S. 

 Show and was used at Waterside, but she is not 



