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while his grandsire Caledonian 2nd 409 was the first- 

 prize two-year-old at the Aberdeen show of the Highland 

 Society in 1868, the son of Caledonian Second, Taurus 

 410, having been first-prize yearling at the Highland 

 Society's show at Perth in 1871. Numerous proofs could 

 be adduced of the remarkable power of these early Easter 

 Skene cattle to transmit their merit to their offspring. 



Mr M'Combie very properly attributes the excellence 

 of his herd mainly to the Panmure blood. Feeling con- 

 fident that he could get nothing better, he has clung to 

 it tenaciously, and the female additions to the herd have 

 been few, although also very choice. Among them may 

 be mentioned Mariana 622, of the best Keillor blood, her 

 sire having been Old Jock 1, and her dam Lady Clara 4, 

 a daughter of Old Grannie 1. Marjory 809 and Lark 1000 

 the latter a prize heifer at the Eoyal Northern Society's 

 shows were bred from this strain. Miss Eraser 985 was 

 introduced from the herd of Colonel Eraser of Castle 

 Eraser. She was a prize-winner herself, and was dam 

 of Queen Mary 990, one of the best cows ever bred in 

 the herd, she having been the second-prize two-year-old 

 at the Highland Society's show at Inverness in 1865, and 

 first as a cow at Dundee in 1867. An unnamed cow that 

 came from Mulben also proved a valuable addition to the 

 herd. . In 1867, to the bull Eeform 408 she produced 

 Grizzle 995, the foundress of a family that has dis- 

 tinguished itself alike in the breeding and fat stock 

 classes of the local and national shows. This family is 

 now most largely represented in the herd, and its members 

 are almost invariably of unusual merit. At Tillyfour in 

 1867 was purchased a somewhat famous animal. This 

 was Miss Watson 987, who had accompanied her dam, 

 Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd 1180, to Tillyfour from the 

 Keillor sale in 1860. Miss Watson was after President 

 3rd 246, and her dam, we may note, is inaccurately stated 

 in the ' Herd Book ' to have been Beauty of Buchan 5. 



