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in 1868. He was sold when two years old to Mr William 

 Owen of Blessington, County Wicklow, and in Mr Owen's 

 possession won the first prize as a two-year-old at the 

 National Show in Ireland in 1879, the first prize at the 

 Koyal Dublin Society's spring show in 1870, and the first 

 prize at the Irish National Show the same year. Crathie 2nd 

 was a lengthy, gay, fine handling, stylish bull, and Mr Owen 

 kept him a long time. Mr Ferguson believes that this bull 

 gave an impetus to the breeding of polled cattle in Ireland, 

 leaving excellent stock in Mr Owen's herd, as he had done at 

 Kinnochtry. 



Alfred of Kinnochtry 341 calved 1868, out of Miss 

 Scott 913, being thus a Baroness bull, and Keillor 2nd 

 433, out of Princess 914, a Princess bull, were then 

 used. Keillor 2nd was out of Princess of Kinnochtry 

 by her own son Crathie Jock, and Alfred was also by 

 Crathie Jock, and out of Miss Scott 913, the same cow 

 who bred Crathie 2nd, so that Mr Ferguson was at that 

 time carrying out the principle of line breeding very 

 decidedly. He has still a considerable number of the 

 closely-bred cows in his herd by these two bulls, and they are 

 all good, especially in respect of quality, style, and uniformity. 

 Keillor 2nd 433 gained the first prize at the Scottish Midland 

 show at Kinross in 1870, and the first prize at the Stormont 

 Union Society's show at Meiklour. He was also highly 

 commended at the Highland Society's show at Dumfries 

 the same year. He was sold for 50 guineas to Mr FarreU 

 of Moynalty, County Meath, and in his possessson gained 

 several first prizes. Mr Ferguson considered him superior 

 even to Crathie Jock, his sire. The bull Alfred was lame 

 and was never shown, but he was a very excellent getter. 

 He was sold to the "West Indian Company, and was shipped 

 to Demerara along with four other bulls — a Hereford, 

 Devon, Shorthorn, and Ayrshire. Some of the other buUs 

 died on the voyage, and all of them succumbed in that 

 trying climate, except Alfred, who remained for several 



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