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bull Uncle Tom 90), bred by Mr James Eraser, Lhanbryde, 

 Elgin; the Victorias, tracing from Victoria of Auchinbo 

 127, bred by Mr Gordon, Auchinbo, who for many years 

 owned polled cattle ; the Lady Anns, tracing from Young 

 Lady Ann 307, bred by Mr M'Combie of Tilly four, calved 

 in 1850, by Victor 46, and out of Lady Ann of Balgavies 

 102, bred by Colonel Dalgairns of Balgavies ; and the 

 Duchesses, tracing from Duchess of Westertown 927, bred 

 by Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour, calved in 1860, and bought 

 as a calf in 1860 for 19 guineas. Duchess was got by Rob 

 Eoy Macgregor 267, a son of Windsor 202, of the Queen 

 tribe, and out of Favourite 1237, also of the Queen tribe, 

 and, like Windsor 202, after Hanton 228. The remain- 

 ing family was the Violet, from Clara 89, bred by Mr 

 Brown. Among other cows in the herd, but extinct in the 

 female line for many years prior to 1874, were Paris Kate 

 309, calved in 1850, bred by Mr Bowie, and purchased in 

 1857 at West Scryne for 41 ; and Matchless 390, calved 

 in 1849, bred at Tillyfour, after Monarch 44, and descended 

 from the St John's Wells herd. 



The first sire of importance used by Mr George Brown 

 was Victor 46, calved in 1846, bred by Mr M'Combie of 

 Tillyfour, after Monarch 44, a son of Panmure 51, and out 

 of Jean Ann 206, a daughter of Panmure 51. Then 

 followed Uncle Tom 90, another bull bred at Tillyfour, 

 but whose pedigree is not recorded. Next came Earl 

 Spencer 3rd 26, from Mains of Kelly, a great-grandson of 

 Panmure 51. In 1856 Mr Brown bought a bull calf from 

 Mr M'Combie, which proved the most valuable and po- 

 tent animal introduced to the herd. The bull was Windsor 

 221, calved in 1856, after Hanton 228, and out of Windsor 

 202, who was a daughter of Victor 46 and Queen Mother 

 384, being thus very closely bred from the Panmure and 

 Queen blood. Windsor was sold in 1858 to the Earl of 

 Southesk, and his doings at Kinnaird and in the show-yard 

 are fully noticed in connection with that herd. On the 



