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Dictator, by Cup-Bearer 59, out of Dora 333, was sold to 

 Mr Sproat, Borness, in Kirkcudbrightshire ; and Epicure 

 114, by Cup-Bearer 59, from Emily 332, went to Sir J. S. 

 Forbes of Fettercairn. The bull Fortitude 28, by Bal- 

 namoon 36, was also calved in 1855. On the last day of 

 1855 was calved The Admiral 227, by Cup-Bearer 59, out 

 of Ada 338. This was a very good young bull, but he was 

 of course too old for showing. He was taken into the 

 herd, but was not a very useful sire. Fusilier 226, by 

 Cup-Bearer 59, out of Fanny of Kinnaird 330, a very neat 

 little bull, calved in 1856, was also kept, and got some 

 very good stock, though nothing celebrated came from 

 him. In this same year, 1856, Emily 332 had a bull calf 

 named Erebus, that was sold to go to Denmark. There 

 were only four heifers this year, one of whom. Blossom of 

 Kinnaird 565, by Cup-Bearer 59, from Barbara 337, was a 

 prize-winner at local shows ; and another. Dahlia 569, by 

 Druid 225, out of Dulcinea 334, who, although rather a 

 poor yearling, developed into a fine young cow, but died 

 of quarter-ill whilst nursing her first calf. This was 

 the only death from that complaint that happened in the 

 herd. It is curious that it should have attacked a grown- 

 up animal — one, moreover, in not very high condition. 



The year 1857 was more of a heifer year than the two 

 previous ones had been. Deodora 1232, by Captain Cook 

 143, from Dulcinea 334, was a day or two too old to show. 

 She, however, distinguished herself as a breeder — Delaware 

 457, Damascus 495, and Sultan 477 being all from her. 

 The two former were by "Windsor 221, and were sold 

 to Mr M'Combie, Easter Skene, and Mr Tayler of Glen- 

 barry respectively. The ' Herd Book ' records many prize- 

 winners got by them. Sultan 477, by Prince of Wales 453, 

 was bred by the late Mr Paterson, Mulben, to whom 

 Deodora 1232 was sold. He seems to have got some good 

 stock at Mulben. Mr Tayler informed Mr Carnegie that 

 he parted with Damascus 495 only on account of his 



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