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blood on the sire's side ; Gondola 3275, a Pride heifer from 

 Aboyne ; with other good representatives of the Tillyfour 

 Pride and the Mains of Kelly Victoria families. 



In the selection of sires much judgment has been shown. 

 In 1862, the bull Defiance 397 was introduced from Tilly- 

 four. He was got by Eob Eoy Macgregor 267, and out 

 of the Queen cow Charlotte. It is to this bull and the 

 heifers from Mains of Kelly that the stock at Drumiii 

 chiefly owes its character. Defiance was followed, in 1864, 

 by Marshal 399, and in 1865 by Hero 400, both from Til- 

 lyfour, and of the Queen tribe. Marshal was by Black 

 Prince of Tillyfour 366, a son of Rob Eoy Macgregor, and 

 out of Fancy of Tillyfour 1195, a daughter of The Belle 

 205 ; while Hero was out of Pride of Aberdeen 581, and 

 after Don Fernando 514, a son of Windsor 221 and the 

 Kinnaird Dora cow Dulcinea 334. Marshal was a grand 

 bull of great substance, and the characteristic of size which 

 still follows the Drumin stock was inherited from him. 

 In 1868, Disraeli 401, from Tillyfour, was added; in 1870, 

 Clansman 398, a first - prize Highland Society bull ; in 

 1873, Talisman 640, both from Eothiemay ; and in 1875, 

 Adrian 2nd 622, bred by Sir Thomas Gladstone. The 

 other bulls used have mostly been bred in the herd viz., 

 Byron 639, an excellent stock getter ; Comet 1410, second- 

 prize two-year-old at the Highland Society ; Cupid 1411 ; 

 and Scottish Knight 1776. The bulls lately in use have 

 been Express 1821, of the Erica family, from Ballindalloch ; 

 and Viscount Duff 1365, bred by the Earl of Fife, after 

 Young Viscount 736, and out of Heroine 3016, of the 

 Eothiemay Victoria family. The strong infusion of 

 Queen blood in animals already largely partaking of 

 that element is quite a feature in the rearing of this 

 very fine herd. 



As will be gathered from the foregoing, the bulls used 

 at Drumin have distinguished themselves at exhibitions, 

 and females have also met with much success at the 



