134 EXTINCT HERDS. 



sale of Windsor 221, King Charles 236, bred by Lord South- 

 esk, and descended on the dam's side from a daughter of 

 Monarch 44, was transferred to Westertown. The chief 

 sires afterwards used were all bred at Westertown. They 

 were Prince Albert 237, calved in 1858, a son of Windsor 

 221 and Maid of Moray 310 ; President 354, calved in 

 1859, a son of Windsor 221 and Elizabeth 391, by Victor 

 46, Elizabeth being of the St John's Wells Matchless strain ; 

 Captain 468, calved in 1863, a son of President 354, and 

 Eose 3rd 925 by Prince Albert 237 ; Success 469, calved 

 in 1865, a son of Captain 468 and Duchess 927 by Eob 

 Eoy Macgregor ; March 355, calved in 1867, a son of Suc- 

 cess 469 and Lady Ann 926 by Prince Albert 237 ; Baron 

 Settrington 356, calved in 1869, a son of Duchess 927 and 

 March 355; and Duke of Perth 357, calved in 1870, a 

 son of March 355 and Eose 3rd 925. It will thus be 

 seen that all the sires used by Mr Brown (with the ex- 

 ception of Uncle Tom 90, of whose breeding there is no 

 record) had flowing in their veins a plenteous stream of 

 the blood of Panmure 51 and the Ardovie Queens. 



Mr Brown was perhaps, of all breeders of polled 

 cattle, the most systematic. There was no haphazard in 

 his mode of breeding. He fixed upon a certain strain of 

 blood and a certain type of cattle, and he laboured to 

 realise a distinct aim with such skill and method as had 

 been displayed by the Messrs Booth and Mr Bates in 

 breeding Shorthorns. His cattle were bred from close 

 affinities, but the dangers of excessive in-breeding were 

 guarded against by keeping a large number of stock bulls. 

 As the result of Mr Brown's rare tact and judgment, a 

 thoroughly characteristic herd was built up. His animals 

 possessed a uniformity of type and style that was quite 

 unmistakable. In the show-yard the herd had reached 

 high eminence for several years previous to 1860, when it 

 sustained a serious reverse. At the Highland Society's 

 show at Dumfries that year, Mr Brown exhibited three 



