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ety's shows in the yearling, two-year-old, and aged classes, 

 the champion at Kilburn, not to speak of numerous other 

 honours; Erica 4th 1697, sold to Lord Ahiie for 101 

 guineas; Miss Macpherson 1252, a grand milker, who also 

 went to Cortachy; St Clair 1160, first-prize yearling and 

 two-year-old at Highland Society's shows ; Essence 4547, 

 bought by Lord Southesk from Mr Hannay for 1 00 guineas, 

 and winner of the second prize as a yearling at the High- 

 land Society's show in 1881. Ella 1205, the fourth daugh- 

 ter of Erica, was bought by Mr Macgregor, Garline, and 

 her offspring are also deservedly appreciated. The Erica 

 bull Elcho 595 has the reputation of being one of the best 

 heifer-getters of the breed, and left many excellent calves 

 in several herds. 



Space will not permit us to enumerate the whole of 

 the famous members of this fashionable family, but 

 enough has been said to explain how it has come to be 

 justly regarded as one of the choicest strains of polled 

 cattle. At the Aberdeen show of the Highland Society in 

 1876, an Erica was first in the class of aged bulls ; an- 

 other first in the class of two-year-old bulls ; and another 

 second in the class of cows. The Jilt family has been 

 more distinguished for the production of bulls. Like 

 the Erica sort, it is based on Keillor blood, Jilt 973 

 having been out of Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd 1180, bred at 

 Keillor, and after the Queen bull Black Prince of Tillyfour 

 366, who, as already observed, was the sire of Trojan, so 

 closely associated with the improvement of the herd. 

 When Jilt was sold at the Tillyfour sale in 1 867, she was 

 in calf to Bright 454, another son of Black Prince of Tilly- 

 four 366, and the produce was Juryman 404, first-prize 

 two-year-old and first-prize aged bull at the Highland 

 Society's shows. From Jilt was also bred Judge, the first- 

 prize bull at Paris in 1878, and Justice, another first-prize 

 Highland Society bull. All these animals have, as we 



