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first prize. These salient facts illustrate the remarkable 

 show-yard career of the Castle Eraser herd, but they do not 

 exhaust the record of its winnings. At Dumfries, for 

 example, Colonel Eraser owned, in addition to the first- 

 prize cow, the second-prize two-year-old bull, the second- 

 prize one-year-old bull, and the second and third prize 

 two-year-old heifers. The rapid progress of this herd was 

 due to the discrimination and fine judgment exercised in 

 the selection of sires, to careful management, and liberal 

 and skilful preparation. In short, this appears to have 

 been a herd that was mainly built up by the use of highly 

 bred sires, the pedigrees of the females having been of a 

 plain description. The first notable sire used was Black 

 Jock of Tillyfour 365, calved in 1860, bred by Mr M'Com- 

 bie of Tillyfour. He was after Hanton 228, and out of 

 Empress of France 578, who, being a daughter of Hanton 

 and Charlotte 203, was a full sister to the invincible Pride 

 of Aberdeen 581. The close breeding should be noted. 

 Charlotte's dam, Lola Montes 208, was closely bred from 

 Panmure 51, and Black Jock himself was a son of Hanton, 

 and out of a daughter by Hanton. Such a concentration 

 of similar blood was bound to result in the production of 

 an impressive animal, and the use of Black Jock in the 

 herd was wonderfully successful, for, put to the short 

 pedigreed dams, the produce was the first prize-cows at 

 Glasgow and Aberdeen. Then followed Priain 467, bred 

 at Mains of Kelly of Mr Bowie's Jennet tribe, his dam 

 having been bred at Tillyfour, and also after Hanton 228 ; 

 and Commodore 490, bred at Kinnaird, after Windsor 

 221. Next came Prince Charlie 487, calved in 1866, 

 bred by Mr Brown, Westertown, got by Success 467, a 

 grandson of Windsor 221, and out of Duchess 1st 930, by 

 which cross more of the finest Queen blood was obtained. 

 After him was used Eeform 408, bred at Easter Skene, 

 got by that very finely bred bull Black Prince of Tilly- 

 four 366, and out of Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd 1180, of the 



