204 EXISTING SCOTCH HEKDS. 



stood at his death, but at the desire of Mr M'Combie's 

 trustees, au arrangement was made by which the whole 

 herd was submitted to public competition. The sale of 

 the Tillyfour herd took place, as recorded elsewhere, 

 in August 1880, and several selections were made by Mr 

 Auld— viz., Pride of Aberdeen 9th 3253, Duchess 3rd 948, 

 and Pride of Aberdeen 20th, out of Gitana 2578. The 

 most notable of these was, of course. Pride of Aberdeen 

 9th, for whom Mr Auld gave 270 guineas, the highest 

 price ever paid either publicly or privately for a polled 

 animal. The herd at Bridgend has since been steadily in- 

 creased, and it has now at its head the unrivalled Pride 

 bull Knight of the Shire 1699, disposed of at the Bal- 

 quharn dispersion to Mr Auld and Mr Anderson, Well- 

 house, for 165 guineas. The chief object aimed at by 

 Mr Auld in forming his herd, was to collect as many re- 

 presentatives as possible of the earlier branches of Mr 

 M'Combie's Queen tribe. There was more difSculty in 

 doing this than would at first sight appear, but Mr Auld 

 has already succeeded in obtaining more representatives 

 of Mr M'Combie's early branches than he himself ever 

 possessed at one time. 



We note some of the more prominent animals at Bridg- 

 end. The place of honour is occupied by Pride of Aber- 

 deen 9th 3253. This fine cow was one of the prize group 

 at the Paris Exhibition in 1878, being the only member 

 of Mr M'Combie's fashionable Pride family represented' 

 in it. She belongs to the most valuable branch of the 

 Pride tribe, and is a grand-daughter of Pride of Aberdeen 

 581. She was early marked out as an animal that would 

 probably become a grand breeder ; and she has not belied 

 that promise. At the Tillyfour sale, her two sons Heir 

 of Glory 1746 and Heir of Paris 1917 were much admired, 

 and it was doubtless these proofs of her remarkable breed- 

 ing properties, combined with her personal merit and 

 high breeding, that induced Mr Auld to determine on 



