446 THE BEEED IX THE SALE KING. 



of Tilly four on that occasion purchased the bull Angus 

 45 for 36, and Mr Bowie bought Old Favourite, the 

 dam of this bull and of Old Jock, for 40 guineas. The 

 bull Old Jock 1 was also offered at Mr Watson's sale in 

 1848, and Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, informs us he was 

 taken in at 180 guineas. 



Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour held his first public sale at 

 Bridgend on 26th September 1850, and through the 

 kindness of Mr Auld, Bridgend, we have obtained a full 

 price list of it. Mr Walker, Montbletton, bought for 

 35 the Highland Society's first-prize cow Young Char- 

 lotte 103, that founded a well-known family in his herd ; 

 Anabella, bred by Mr Walker, Wester Fintray, was bought 

 by Sir Alex. Burnett for 29 guineas; Matchless (out of 

 Matilda, bred by Mr Williamson, St. John's Wells) was 

 bought by Sir John Macpherson Grant, Bart., of Ballin- 

 dalloch, for 30 guineas, and Sir John also acquired the 

 cow Young Mary and the bull Victor 2nd 47.- Among 

 other purchasers at this rather famous sale were Mr 

 M'Combie of Cairnballoch ; Mr Taylor, Wellhouse ; Mr 

 M'Combie of Easter Skene ; Mr M'Innes, Dandaleith ; Mr 

 Brown, Westertown ; Mr Scott, Balwyllo ; Mr Morison 

 of Bognie ; Mr liuxton, Farnell, etc. The next sale was 

 at Auchtertyre in 1853, when Mr Hugh Watson disposed 

 of a number of fine animals. Of this sale we have a copy 

 of the catalogue priced by Mr James Ferguson, Ballunie. 

 The highest price was paid by the Earl of Southesk for 

 lot 8 (Octavia 331), the dam of Mr Ferguson's Young 

 Jock 4. The price was 44 guineas. Lot 20 was a one- 

 year-old heifer, entered in the catalogue as " by Old Jock, 

 dam Beauty, the dam of Sir T. Burnett's famous bull." 

 Lord Southesk bought this heifer for 39 guineas, and she 

 was registered in the ' Herd Book ' as Emily 332. Emily, 

 as our readers are aware, became the dam of Sir George 

 Macpherson Grant's celebrated Erica 843. Sir Alexander 

 Burnett, Bart,, held a sale at Crathes Castle in May 1856. 



