104 NOTES ON SOME EAELY POLLED CATTLE. 



It is, we tbink, clearly established by the foregoing, that 

 in vol. i. of the 'Herd Book/ the identity of Grey- 

 breasted Jock 2 and Old Jock 1 has been confounded. It 

 appears evident that Grey-breasted Jock 2, who was the 

 senior and not the junior, as would be gathered from the 

 ' Herd Book ' entries, never returned to Scotland after his 

 appearance at Belfast in 1843, and that he was succeeded as 

 stock sire at Keillor by his son Old Jock 1, whose fame 

 excelled that of Grey-breasted Jock, and who continued in 

 service in Mr Watson's herd until 1853 or 1854. It fol- 

 lows from this, that most of the animals credited in the 

 ' Herd Book' to Grey-breasted Jock 2 were really got by Old 

 Jock 1. We will only mention a few of the more cele- 

 brated — viz., Black Jock 3, Young Jock 4, Strathmore 5, 

 Angus 45, &c. The most important link in this chain 

 of evidence is perhaps the fact that Grey-breasted Jock 

 was sold to Mr Kirkaldy of Hearnesbrook in 1843, 

 and remained in Ireland. It should also be added that 

 Mr William Watson and Mr Ferguson agree in stating that 

 Old Jock 1 was the bull exhibited at Dundee in 1843, 

 Inverness in 1846, and Perth in 1852. 



The Keillor Favourites and Beauties. 



From our remarks as to the Keillor Jocks, it will be seen 

 that there were two cows belonging to Mr Watson named 

 Favourite. Old Favourite (the dam of Old Jock 1, of 

 Angus 45, and of Favourite 2) was not entered in the 

 ' Herd Book' She" was a famous show cow, and was sold 

 at Mr Watson's sale in 1848 to Mr Bowie, Mains of Kelly, 

 for 40 guineas. Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, bought her 

 daughter. Favourite 2. 



There has been a great deal of confusion regarding the 

 cows at Keillor called Beauty. Three, at least, of the 

 Keillor cows were named Beauty. One of these, Beauty 

 of Buchan 5, passed into the possession of Mr Ferguson, 



