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his breeding he ought — bar the blemish before mentioned — 

 to have been a valuable bull. The best heifer of the year 

 was Kalliope 1234, by Eaven 270, out of Kathleen 339. 

 She grew into a cow of very fine quality, but was never 

 better than local-show form. She proved a very good 

 breeder, the two bulls Commodore 490 and Cavalier 411, 

 and the heifer Clio, all by Windsor 221, being far above 

 average, the heifer especially having carried all before her 

 both as a yearling and two-year-old ; and the bulls having 

 left good stock. Commodore 490 in the Castle Fraser herd, 

 and Cavalier 411, first with Colonel M'Inroy at The Burn, 

 and afterwards at Easter TuUoch. A very perfectly shaped 

 heifer calved late that year was Iris 844, by Windsor 221, 

 out of Irene 311. She was sold to Sir George Macpherson 

 Grant at the same time as Erica, but unfortunately she 

 died in calving. 



The year 1860 was a good year for heifers. Ophelia, by 

 Windsor 221, out of Oriana 378, was calved a day or two 

 too soon to show ; but she was probably the best of the 

 lot, and was intended to have been the show cow in 1866, 

 along with Esmeralda, a daughter of Druid 225, and Emily 

 332, who was calved in October or November the same 

 year. These two beautiful cows were very good speci- 

 mens of the get of their celebrated sires. Mr Carnegie 

 says Ophelia was a large-framed, upstanding, Juno-like 

 cow, perfectly level in her flesh, and a fair toucher ; while 

 Esmeralda was more of the Venus type, with fine head, 

 deep brisket, small bone, and splendid quality. She was, 

 however, not quite so evenly fleshed as Ophelia. It is 

 melancholy to think that two such animals have left no 

 descendants to perpetuate their excellence. Ophelia suc- 

 cumbed to the rinderpest. Esmeralda, after a desperate 

 battle with the disease, recovered, but proved useless as a 

 breeder. Due to calve in. the month of March 1866, she 

 retained her calf till about October 1867, when she calved 

 a dried-up object, about the size and appearance of an over- 



