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proved a valuable sire in the Duff House herd. His portrait 

 appears in vol. iii. of the ' Herd Book.' Gainsborough 3rd 

 598, after Victor of Kelly 353, and out of Guinea Pig 3rd 

 1182, was sold to Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour for 80. From 

 the Martha family, which, as already noticed, traces from 

 Black Meg, the dam of Panmure 51, we have a lot of capital 

 bulls named Major, among them, Major 3rd 662, after 

 Jim Crow 3rd 350, and out of Martha 2nd 906, one of the 

 most remarkable sires of the day. The Victoria family is 

 well represented in the male line by the Victors of Kelly, 

 while its female descendants are much valued, no less for 

 their choice blood than their high individual merits. Mr 

 Farquharson, East-Town, and Mr Hamilton of Skene, own 

 a few fine specimens of this family. From the Ardestie 

 and Wattle families the Ardo and Wallace of Kelly bulls 

 are descended. The Lucys are more famous in the female 

 line, and are well known both at Mains of Kelly and 

 Drumin, but they also have begot a race of bulls named 

 Leo. The best proof of the excellence of the Mains of 

 Kelly bulls is found in the fact that, at seven shows of the 

 Highland Society, the aged male class has been headed by 

 animals bred by Mr Bowie. Mr Bowie has, since the in- 

 troduction of Earl Spencer 24 and Pat 29, generally used 

 bulls of his own breeding mostly the Jim Crows, Logies, 

 and Gainsboroughs. On two occasions, however, he went 

 to Tillyfour for stock sires. He bought from Mr M'Combie 

 Aiford 221, calved in 1856, after Hanton 228, and out of 

 Fair Maid of Perth 313; and his son Young Aiford 1184 

 gained for Mr Pierson of The Guynd the first "prize in the 

 two-year-old class at the International show at Battersea 

 in 1862. Mr Bowie also acquired from Mr M'Combie 

 Young Panmure 232, afier Hanton 228, and out of Crino- 

 line 204, and with him won the first prize in the aged class 

 at the Highland Society's show at Dumfries in 1860. 

 Females from Mains of Kelly have very rarely been 

 exhibited at the National shows, Mr Bowie entertaining 



