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Glamis and thence to Melville where she bred Melville 

 Bracelet 8242 which went back to Glamis and there pro- 

 duced Milkmaid of Glamis 17264, dam of the celebrated 

 heifer Minx of Glamis 22408 ist as a yearling at the 

 H.A.S. Show 1895 and Champion at the Birmingham 

 and Smithfield Shows in 1896, and of Minnehaha of 

 Glamis 23573 (full sister to Minx) dam of the bull 

 Mondamin 18240 which at the Perth Sale 1901 went at 

 150 guineas to Doonholm and was used as stock bull 

 there. Milkmaid of Glamis was also dam of the bull 

 Mistral 16926 sold at Perth 1900 for 140 guineas for 

 export to N.Z. 



Blackbird of Corskie 4th was also exported to the 

 U.S.A. to join the Heatherton herd and is numerously 

 represented through a granddaughter ' Blackbird 8th ' 

 bred there stated to have been a wonderfully prolific cow 

 and, what was most unusual, a heifer breeder. 



This branch of the Lady Ida family is deservedly 

 very popular in the U.S.A., where there appears to exist, 

 or to have lately existed, the erroneous notion that the 

 Lady Ida family begins and ends with this branch, so far 

 as merit is concerned. 



(3) Violet of Montbletton 1399 (full sister to Black- 

 bird of Corskie and also a prizewinner) went in 1878 at 

 80 guineas to Glamis when she bred : 



(a) Viola of Glamis 4267 which passed to Whittle- 

 bury. At that sale her daughter Violetta of Whittlebury 

 12593 went to Preston Bissett and is represented through 

 her daughters : 



Valentine of Preston 16024 from which has been 

 bred some good stock including Venetia of Preston 31385 

 sold at 70 guineas at the draft sale in 1905 to go to 

 Carnmeen (Ireland) and Verona of Preston 35125 ist as a 



