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464, out of Heiress 461, was also used in the herd. 

 Another good bull introduced from Tillyfour was Squire 

 436, after Disraeli 401, and out of Edith 1194, of the 

 Zara family. Hampton 492, bred at Castle Eraser, and 

 the sire of some famous animals, was also used at Mont- 

 bletton. The bulls recently used have been bred at Duff 

 House and Gavenwood. The principal stock sire at pre- 

 sent is Young Hero 1837, bred by Mr Hannay, after 

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

 Eothiemay Victoria tribe. 



The favourite families at Montbletton are those de- 

 scended from Heiress of Balwyllo 461, Lady Craigo 99, 

 and Young Charlotte 103. Lady Craigo's descendants 

 have been particularly successful as breeders and in the 

 show-yard. Her first calf, Mayflower 614, won the second 

 prize as a cow at the Highland Society's show at Perth in 

 1861 ; but the first-prize cow failing to breed, she obtained 

 that honour. Mayflower's daughter, Mayflower 2nd 1020, 

 who lived to the age of sixteen or seventeen, bred fourteen 

 calves, some of them of great merit. One of these calves, 

 Lady Ida 1021, carried numerous prizes, and is still in the 

 herd, having proved herself one of the most useful matrons 

 of the breed. When we heard from Montbletton, she was 

 expected to drop her fourteenth calf. A very valuable 

 race of cattle has sprung from Lady Ida. Her daughter, 

 Blackbird of Corskie 1704, was acquired by the Earl of 

 Eife, and produced Blackbird 2nd 3024, who, in 1879, stood 

 first in the class of cows at the Highland Society's show at 

 Perth. Innes 1934, Lord Fife's first-prize cow at the 

 Highland Society's show at Aberdeen in 1876, was out of 

 Jinny 1017, bred at Montbletton, so that both directly and 

 indirectly this old-established herd has had a good share 

 of the highest show-yard distinctions. 



Since Mr Walker's death in 1880 the herd has been 

 carried on by his niece, Miss Cruickshank. It numbers 

 sixteen cows, with their calves, ten heifers, and two bulls. 



