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and general character, stamped her at once in the estima- 

 tion of experienced polled breeders as an animal of rare 

 merit. It may be doubted if her equal has since or before 

 headed the yearling-heifer class. And she maintained her 

 grand form for years, winning in her classes all through, 

 and doing something more transmitting her charac- 

 teristics in a notable manner to her progeny, the premier 

 Pride branch of the Queen tribe. 



" Einderpest occasioned a suspension of the High- 

 land shows from 1865 to 1867, and almost swept 

 the Angus and Mearns country of polled cattle. That 

 disease was not so hard on the Aberdeen, Banff, and 

 Moray herds, but the demand for Shorthorns was then so 

 strong that polls narrowly escaped annihilation. At the 

 Glasgow Highland show in 1867, polled cattle were very 

 easily accommodated. Only fifteen in all the classes 

 were entered, and there was very little competition. 

 Lord Southesk's Jupiter 471 had easy work in the aged 

 bull class. He was a big, lengthy, substantial bull, not 

 so nice as his sire, the celebrated Windsor 221, which 

 cost 180 guineas, the highest price which had up till 

 then been paid, publicly or privately, for a polled animal. 

 The younger bulls were not very remarkable, nor were 

 any of the females, except the fine cow Mina 1009, and 

 the first prize two-year-old heifer Lily 1114, from Castle 

 Eraser. These two were compact, symmetrical, and 

 admirably brought out by Mr Hampton, and would have 

 held their own in much stronger competition, as they did 

 that and next year at Aberdeen in formidable company. 

 Mina and Lily founded two tribes of richly-fleshed, short- 

 legged, level, handsome cattle the Minas and Livelys, 

 which have since furnished several prize-winners, and 

 have bred truly and regularly. 



" The following year, at the Aberdeen Highland show, 

 the polled ranks were again numerously filled, and breeders 

 and patrons of the black skins got into better spirits. If 



