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tained two animals tracing from the Baads stock. Kate's 

 calf in 1877 to the Ballindalloch bull Bachelor 690, at 

 Easter Skene, was Prince Albert of Baads 1336, one of 

 the best polled bulls ever bred. Prince Albert of Baads 

 was bought by Mr Anderson, Daugh, and won the first 

 prizes as a two-year-old at the Eoyal Northern and High- 

 land Society's shows, and the first prizes in the aged class 

 at the Eoyal Northern, Highland, and Koyal English 

 shows, gaining in 1879, when only two years old, the 

 Challenge Cup and M'Combie prizes at Aberdeen. Mr 

 Eeid has a few other strains, among them one from Mains 

 of Kelly ; but it has been with the descendants of Fancy 

 1948 and Kate 1947 that his fame as a breeder has been 

 earned. He keeps about a score of cows and heifers, and 

 is very particular in his selection of stock sires, which 

 have come from Tillyfour, Westertown, East-Town, Jessie- 

 field, Kinnochtry, Mains of Advie, &c. 



Ballindalloch. 



It will be admitted that the premier herd of polled 

 cattle at the present time is that belonging to Sir 

 George Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch, Bart., M.P. 

 The herd is of very old standing, but it is not exactly 

 known when it was founded. The following extract from 

 Mr M'Combie's 'Cattle and Cattle-Breeders' sufficiently 

 proves that an excellent herd existed at Ballindalloch 

 long before there was any public record of the breed. 

 " Perhaps," says Mr M'Combie (whose recollections would 

 have gone back at least to 1820), " the Ballindalloch herd 

 of polled cattle is the oldest in the north. It has been 

 the talk of the country since my earliest recollection, and 

 was then superior to all other stock." In this opinion Mr 

 M'Combie is corroborated by all who take an interest in 

 these matters. 



We find from the catalogue of the Tillyfour sale in 1850 



