MAINS OF KELLY HEED. 2G9 



Kelly, where, however, her blood is preserved in the male 

 line by her son Earl Spencer 2nd 25. Lola Monies 208 

 also went to Mains of Kelly in her old age, and left a bull 

 calf, Lurgan 429, but the strain has not been perpetuated 

 there. The Eaniston family, descended from Raniston 352, 

 bought from Mr M'Combie, is now best known in connec- 

 tion with the Drumin and Mulben herds. The cow, 

 Matilda Fox 302, bred by Mr. Bowie, went to Portlethen, 

 and became the dam of Mr Walker's celebrated Fox Maule 

 305. 



It is a notable circumstance that nearly all the Mains of 

 Kelly families have produced a number of famous bulls. 

 From the Jenny family came the well-known Cupbearer 

 59, after Pat 29, and out of Eose of Kelly 828, a daughter 

 of Jenny. Eose of Kelly had only one calf, and at four 

 years old, having missed service, she was kiUed. She 

 gained three first prizes as yearling, two-year-old, and cow at 

 the East Forfarshire Association's shows. Cupbearer won 

 numerous prizes, among them first in the two-year-old 

 and aged classes at Highland Society's shows. Mr Bowie 

 informs us that this famous bull was a bad server until 

 two or three years old ; but after Lord Southesk got him, 

 "he very soon fiUed Aberdeenshire with his stock, and 

 was accordingly kept on by his lordship until he was eight 

 years old, when he went off his legs and was killed for the 

 butcher." For a description of Cupbearer and a record of 

 his achievements, both at the stud and in the show-yard, 

 we would refer our readers to the account of the first 

 Kinnaird herd. Another famous bull of the Jenny family 

 was Standard-Bearer 229, out of Lady Ann 2nd 346. 

 He was bought by Mr M'Combie at Mr Bowie's sale 

 at West Scryne in 1859 for £89, and gained the first prize 

 at the Highland Society's show at Aberdeen the following 

 year. 



The Lizzie family has been wonderfully successful in 

 bull breeding. From Lizzie 227 was bred in 1852 the 



