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at Arratsiiiill, Japonica 864 was bought and has founded 

 a family. Among the families that are extinct in the 

 female line we may note that of -Matilda Fox. The cow 

 Matilda Fox 302, bred by Mr Bowie, Mains of Kelly, 

 had been sold to Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour, and in 1857 

 was bought by Mr Walker, in whose herd she produced 

 the bull Fox Maule 305, one of the most renowned animals 

 of the breed. 



It would be difficult to enumerate the whole of the 

 sires used at Portlethen during the sixty years the herd 

 has been in existence, but a few additional facts may be 

 given regarding some of the more celebrated animals. 

 As already stated, the first bull owned by Mr Walker was 

 Colonel 145, whose pedigree is thus recorded in the ' Herd 

 Book:' — " Sire, an Aberdeenshire bull, bred by Mr William- 

 son at Portlethen Mains, dam Old Nackets." Another 

 early sire was Porty 50. Andrew 8 was bred at Ardestie, 

 being after Captain 2nd 156, and out Betsy of Ardestie 143. 

 His son. Young Andrew 9, out of Young Duchess 2nd 32, 

 was a useful stock sire. Banks of Dee 12, a famous show 

 biiU of his time, was bred by Sir Thomas Burnett. Fyvie 

 13, of whose calves eleven are registered, was bred at Fyvie, 

 and was after Old Jock 1, his dam having been bred by 

 Mr Watson, Keillor. Marquis 212 was a very impressive 

 sire. Bred at Keillor, he was got by Old Jock 1, and there 

 are no fewer than twenty-eight calves of his registered in 

 the ' Herd Book.' He gained the second prize at Paris in 

 1856, and second at the Highland Society's show at Glas- 

 gow in 1857. Eaglan 208, after Young Andrew 9, and out 

 of Young Miss Alexander 16, gained a great number of 

 prizes, and competing at Paris in 1856 against aged bulls 

 when only a two-year-old, won the third prize. Duke of 

 Wellington 219, after Marquis 212, and out of Lively 256, 

 was a Highland Society's first-prize bull. His son Jehu 

 362 won three second prizes at Highland Society's shows. 

 Fox Maule 305 was one of the best bulls brfid at Portlethen, 



