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short a registry. An inspection of the animals belonging to 

 the two Baads families — their remarkable family likeness, 

 their true polled character, and their uniform excellence, 

 — must have the effect of liberalizing opinion and supply- 

 ing a rebuke to those who may be inclined to maintain 

 that meritorious specimens of the breed can be produced 

 from only two or three lines. 



Other Ballindalloch Families. 



The most distinguished families associated with the 

 Ballindalloch herd are the Ericas and Jilts, to which 

 reference has previously been made. Sir George Mac- 

 pherson Grant has, however, succeeded in rearing many 

 animals of other strains that have attained no little 

 celebrity. The cow Sybil 974, bred by Mr Shaw, Bog- 

 fern, and purchased from Colonel Eraser of Castle Eraser, 

 had earned renown before she went to Ballindalloch. 

 She produced there some good stock, although none of 

 them have yet equalled the old matron's fame. The 

 Coquette family represents the old Ballindalloch stock, the 

 dam of Coquette 1417 having been bred by the late Sir 

 John Macpherson Grant. Crossed with the celebrated 

 sires at Ballindalloch, it has produced good animals. At 

 Ballindalloch is also preserved the Balwyllo Keepsake 

 family, tracing from a somewhat famous cow. Keepsake 

 427, by President 205, bred at Balwyllo. The Lady 

 Fanny family had its origin in Grannie 131, bred by Mr. 

 Grant, Caruousie, the first of the sort that went to Ballin- 

 dalloch being Young Mary 527, bred in 1852 by Mr 

 Grant of Carron. This animal produced Lady Eanny 971, 

 by King Charles 236. The Miss Burgess family, which 

 has supplied two first-prize cows at Highland Society's 

 shows — Bertha 980, and Maid of Aven 2995 — springs 

 from Miss Burgess 1198, by King Charles 236, this 

 animal's dam having been bred by Mr Burgess, Slack of 



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