GLASGOVv' TO CAPELLIE. 7 



Strathmore's second and third prize cows in-calf had 

 also been bred there. The seven Hamilton Ctydes- 

 dales made np a great arraj^, and four firsts, t\YO 

 seconds, and a third were their spoils. This success 

 worked his Grace up, and made him wish for the 

 home-farm, and he accordingly bought all Mr. 

 Drew^s stock. His interest in them never faltered 

 to the close ; and during his last and very brief visit 

 to the Palace in the May of ■'63, he hardly missed 

 an afternoon among them."^ 



Sir Walter had forgotten none of his beautiful 

 hock action ; and Uosy, Jean, Jane, Sally, Maggy, 

 and a number of other fine mares, were in the stalls. 

 Rosy and Jean had been pitted three times against 

 each other vnth the same result ; but still, at the sale 

 Jean made 81 gs., or three guineas more, as being more 

 durable and with better action, while Eosy had more 

 size. There w^ere 150 Ayrshires, young and old, and 

 eighty or ninety of them in-calf. Brockie was there, 

 as full of quality as ever, and so was Airblaes, who is 

 much the bigger cow of the two. She has been first 

 at Maryhill since her visit to Battersea, and she re- 

 versed her second at Hamilton when she and the 

 winning cow met on Glasgow Green. 



Mr. Marshall of Airblaes sold her to Mr. Drew 

 originally for £60, and as onQ of her calves has 

 made £30, and she has won £38 worth of prizes, 

 her purchase-money has come back with interest. 



* An account of tli3 nevr farm buildings ttlII he found in Tke Scottish 

 Farmer, April, 186^!. 



