264 EXISTING SCOTCH HEKDS. 



a massive cow, very thickly fleshed, well haired, and 

 short legged. Nearly all her calves have been prize- 

 winners, and to some of them we shall briefly allude. 

 Before doing so, however, we may mention the more im- 

 portant sires used in the herd, and thus show how closely 

 and ingeniously the herd has been bred. 



The first sire used was Conqueror 1190, bred at 

 Drumin. He was after Disraeli 401, and his dam was by 

 Defiance 397 (got by Eob Eoy Macgregor 267, the sire of 

 Black Prince of Tillyfour, who, as already remarked, was 

 the sire of Trojan), and out of Charlotte 203, Trojan's dam. 

 Then followed Elcho 595, bred at Ballindalloch, out of 

 Erica 843, and after Juryman 404, whose sire Bright 454 

 was a son of Black Prince of Tillyfour, and whose dam Jilt 

 973 was a daughter of Black Prince of Tillyfour. Elcho, 

 who is renowned in the annals of the breed as a heifer 

 getter, left more than sixty calves in the herd, and 

 thoroughly stamped upon it the Ballindalloch character- 

 istics. After serving at Advie for three years, he was sold 

 back to his breeder Sir George Macpherson Grant, and 

 subsequently went to the Glamis and Cortachy herds. 

 The next sire used was none other than Elcho's sire Jury- 

 man 404, who had been for some time in Forfarshire. He 

 was bought at Lord Airlie's sale in 1876 for 60, and was 

 used for one season in the herd. The bulls First Fruits 

 1325, of the Westertown Victoria family, and First Attempt 

 1324, of the Westertown Eose family, both bred at Altyre, 

 were then introduced. They were both after the Sybil 

 bull Senator 863, a son of Scotsman 474. Highland Chief 

 1590, after Judge 1150, a son of Jilt and Scotsman, and 

 out of Miss Fanny 3111, by Juryman 404, was then used. 

 Another son of Judge, Baronet, was the next sire, his dam 

 being Maid of Aven 2995, who was after Elchies 563 (a son 

 of Juryman 404 and Eisa 977), and out of Bertha 980, by 

 Trojan. The present stock bull is Etonian 1658, after Elcho 

 595, and out of the Erica cow Eva 984, whose dam was Eisa 



