NOTES ON FASHION, 3 



numbers have been well sustained ; it is by far the most 

 numerously represented family in the Herd Book of to-day, 

 though, while mentioning particularly this branch of the 

 " Queen Mother " tribe, the claims to excellence of other 

 branches of such tribe must not be overlooked. 



At that time also the " Ericas " raised at Ballindalloch 

 (a word which is written large across the history of the 

 progress of the breed) had acquired a fame which has 

 continued and increased. 



The careful management and mating in that celebrated 

 herd which led to the high position attained by the family 

 referred to have also naturally brought into prominence 

 other families which were raised there and branches of 

 other families descended from such of their members as 

 have been inmates of that herd. 



At the date referred to (the end of 1881) it may, it is 

 believed, be correctly stated that only four Erica females 

 had been parted with from Ballindalloch to home breeders 

 including only one of the coveted Trojan-Erica section of 

 the family, and it was not until the draft sale held in 1886 

 that any members of this family were exposed for sale at 

 public auction. 



Then, and at the subsequent periodical draft sales, 

 breeders have had opportunities, which they have readily 

 grasped, of purchasing members of this fashionable family, 

 a result of which has no doubt been that it has been 

 cultivated in some leading herds to the displacement to a 

 certain extent of members of other good families that it 

 has been cultivated is clear from the fact that it now stands 

 next to the " Pride of Aberdeen " as regards numbers of 

 annual entries in the Herd Book. 



Another operation affecting the relative positions of 

 families has been the rise or increase of the export trade 



