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ARIADNE.^ 



This family is descended from Ariadne 1st 1956, 

 bred at Cortachy Castle, from which was bred there in 

 1871 Ariadne 2nd 3862, and from her Astroea 3863 repre- 

 sented through her daughters : 



(1) Asparagus 5081, which produced at Cortachy : 



(a) Attraction 9524 2nd as a yearling at the H.A.S. 

 Show 1885 which passed to Dalmore and there bred the 

 bull Adolphus 8037, used as stock bull at Pitpointie and 

 appearing in the pedigrees of the ist H.A.S. cow Quines 

 mentioned above and other good cattle. Attraction 2nd 

 12616 (a daughter of Attraction) ist at the H.A.S. and 

 R.N. Shows as a yearling in 1888 and ist at the H.A.S. 

 Show as a two-year-old was sold at the Dalmore Sale for 

 100 guineas, and also two of her produce at good prices, 

 but they do not appear to be now represented. 



(b) Alice of Cortachy 10833, of which there are some 

 good descendants at Cortachy, large-framed robust cows 

 and good milkers : some heifers of this strain bred 

 there have been successful at the Angus Society's Shows 

 in recent years including Aristoclea 34981, ist and 

 champion at that show and 3rd H.A.S. 1904 as a yearling, 

 and Arnica 36719 2nd at that show as a yearling 1905 : these 

 and other heifers were sold at the joint sale in 1905 going 

 to Balgavies, Langshott, and elsewhere. 



Asparagus passed to Powrie where she bred : 



(c) Acacia 2nd of Powrie 18153 represented at 

 Auchterblair and Fairstead (Suffolk), also the deep short- 

 legged bull Asphalt 5847 which is said to have been a 

 bull of excellent quality and was used in the herd appear- 

 ing in many of the best Powrie pedigrees. 



(2) Astrrea 5th 14367, another daughter of Astrcea, 



