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to Drumin, Mr Skinner purchased Young Eaniston 948, 

 from Mr Bowie, Mains of Kelly. From her descends the 

 Beauty family, among whose members was Sunshine 2nd 

 3333, a celebrated prize heifer, whose portrait appears in 

 voL V. of the ' Herd Book.' The Princess family at 

 Drumiti is descended from Princess of Drumin 950, bred 

 by the late Mr Eobertson, Burnside. The Eose family 

 had for foundress, the cow Fortune 945, early purchased 

 for the Drumin herd, but the pedigree of which was not 

 ascertained. From this line was bred the famous heifer 

 Pavilion 3772. The Catherine family traces from Grace 

 946. All these families of course owe much of their 

 excellence to the splendid sires used at Drumin. 



Castle Fraser Families. 



Each of the Castle Fraser families has produced at 

 least one celebrated prize-winner. From the Blanche 

 family came Bella Mary 1503, Mr Bruce's first-prize 

 cow at the Paris Exhibition; Lily 1114, the foundress 

 of the Lily family, was the first-prize cow of the High- 

 land Society in 1868; Mina 1009, the foundress of 

 the Mina family, won the Challenge Cup at the Eoyal 

 Northern, and the first prize at the Highland Society in 

 1867; and Sybil 974, whose descendants are known 

 chiefly in connection with the Ballindalloch, Mulben, 

 and Mountblairy herds, was the first-prize cow of the 

 Highland Society in 1870. 



Eothiemay Families, 



Mr Tayler of Glenbarry has three well-known families 

 — ^the Georginas and Miss Morrisons tracing from a 

 purchase by the late Major Tayler about the year 1846, 

 and the Victorias, descended from Victoria of Glenbarry 

 534, bred at Mulben. Although these families have 



