358 THE LEADING FAMILIES. 



It has already been explained that Mr M'Combie having, 

 according to his own published ideas on the subject, 

 carried in-and-in breeding to an extreme point, sought 

 an out-cross, and procured from Mr Watson, Keillor, the 

 bull Angus 45, one of the best-bred and best-looking 

 sires reared in that herd, he having been out of Old 

 Favourite, and after the celebrated bull Old Jock 1, who 

 was also out of Old Favourite. Lola Montes produced in 

 1852 a calf by Angus 45, which attained very high fame 

 by her achievements in the show-yard, and also as the 

 foundress of the branch of the Queen tribe which Mr 

 M'Combie himself held in greatest favour, and which is 

 now specially associated with his name. The calf referred 

 to was Charlotte 203, known from her victory in the 

 gay capital in 1856 as the " Paris cow." Charlotte's 

 calf in 1857 was Pride of Aberdeen 581, got by Hanton 

 228, who may also be termed the " Paris bull," he having 

 gained the corresponding honour in the male class at the 

 French exhibition in 1856 to that obtained by Char- 

 lotte in the female section. 



A somewhat nice point arises here. Pride of Aberdeen 

 581 had two full sisters, Empress of France 578, and 

 Daisy of Tilly four 1165, and we have heard the question 

 asked, " In what consists the superiority of the Pride of 

 Aberdeen branch of the Queen tribe over the Dandy and 

 Daisy or Vine branches, which trace respectively to 

 Pride's full sisters Empress 578, and Daisy 1165 ?" 

 Of course there was absolutely no difference in the blood 

 of these three cows ; but, while both Empress and Daisy 

 were undoubtedly fine animals, Daisy especially having 

 been a Highland Society first-prize cow, and winner of the 

 challenge cup at Aberdeen, neither of them can display 

 a show and breeding record equal to that of Pride of 

 Aberdeen. Indeed, Pride of Aberdeen's career is without 

 parallel in the chronicles of the breed. She was the first- 

 prize yearling, the first-prize two-year-old, and the first- 



