304 EXISTING SCOTCH HERDS. 



Keillor. Mr Leslie also acquired the cow Flower of 

 Strathmore 479, bred by Mr Kuxton, Farnell, after Cup- 

 bearer 59, and out of Flora 59 from Mr Fullerton's herd. 

 Other additions made in the female line were Mina 1009 

 from Castle Fraser, and Bracelet 1010 from Tillyfour. 

 One of the first sires used was Hanton 4th 31, bred at 

 Mains of Kelly, out of Lizzie 227, the dam of Hanton 228. 

 President 3rd 246, bred at Balwyllo, and used in the 

 Keillor herd, was bought at Mr Watson's sale in 1860 

 by Mr Leslie, and retained in the herd, as was also King 

 Henry 390, bred at Kinnaird after Windsor 22.1, and out 

 of Kathleen 339. One of the most celebrated animals bred 

 at The Thorn was President 4th 368, after President 3rd 

 246, and out of Flower of Strathmore 479. He was the 

 first -prize yearling at the Highland Society's Stirling 

 show in 1864, and was sold to Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour, 

 in whose herd he was used, and to whom he gained the 

 first prize as a two-year-old at the Highland Society's 

 show at Inverness in 1865. Colonel of Castle Fraser 443 

 was also bred by Mr Leslie, being after Jamie of Easter 

 Skene 367, and out of Mina 1009. He won the first 

 prizes of the Highland Society in 1872 and 1873, and was 

 used in the Melville herd. Mr Leslie had a large sale in 

 1871, when thirty-two head averaged 27, 2s. At that 

 sale Mr Melville Cartwright purchased a good . many 

 animals, comprising members of the Lavender, Bracelet, 

 Flora, and Mina families. Seventeen of the cattle sold in 

 1871 were descended from Mr Ferguson's Ashmore herd. 



Thomastown. 



Mr Craighead, Thomastown, Auchterless, began a herd 

 in 1876 by purchasing the bull Haddo 1394 from the Earl 

 of Aberdeen ; the cow Miss Jeannie 2309, of the Fyvie 

 Miss Miller family, from Mr Dingwall Fordyce of Brucklay ; 

 and the cow Duchess of Fyvie 2478, of the Miss Watson 



