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Eothiemay sale, viz. Nugget 1796 ; while the same year at 

 Tillyfour, Pride of Aberdeen 12th 3254 was added, both 

 these animals being of the Pride family. In 1879 two 

 purchases were made at the Aboyne sale, viz. Marjorie 

 2574, of the Madge family, and Princess 2nd 2570, of the 

 Kinnochtry Princess family. The latter turned out a bad 

 investment, as she proved not in calf, and has never bred. 

 In 1880 at Glamis, Blackbird of Corskie 4th 3769 was 

 bought. In 1881 the cow Peep o' Day 3570, of the Eothie- 

 may Georgina family, was secured at Mr Adamson's sale ; 

 while at Mr Hannay's sale the grand old matron Black- 

 bird of Corskie 1704, of the Montbletton Mayflower 

 family, was added. In 1879 a large draft, consisting of 

 nearly 60 head, were sold by auction. They comprised 

 chiefly all the animals with short pedigrees — in fact, Mr 

 Cartwright weeded out the stock of inferior pedigree ; but 

 there were five sold of the Queen blood, and they averaged 

 £45, lis. per head, although one of them was a heifer calf 

 only six months old, and she fetched £57, 15s. The 

 present herd consists of about 30 head, of which nearly 

 half are of the Queen blood. Mr Cartwright has exhibited 

 very seldom, as he prefers to keep the herd in a thoroughly 

 good breeding condition, and not to feed his cattle for 

 exhibition. Besides the bull already mentioned. Colonel 

 of Castle Fraser, Black Prince 1244 gained the first prize 

 as a yearling at the Highland Society's show at Dumfries 

 in 1878 ; the fourth prize at the Kilburn show in 1879, 

 where he had to compete with aged bulls ; and the fourth 

 prize at the Highland Society's show at Perth in the same 

 year. The sires now in use in the herd are the aged bull 

 St Clair 1160, of the Erica tribe, and a young bull bred 

 by Mr Cartwright, The Moor 1753, of the Pride tribe. 



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