428 THE BEEED IN THE SHOW- YARD. 



Cow, Charlotte 203, bred and exhibited by William 

 M'Combie. 



Again a Mains of Kelly bull heads the list. Hanton, 

 the sire of numerous celebrated animals, demands only a 

 passing reference here. He was out of Lizzie 227, who 

 bad the Panmure blood through her sire, Spencer's Son 

 154, and after the choicely-bred Keillor bull Pat 29, a 

 sou of Old Jock 1 and Favourite 2. Mr M'Combie 

 bought him for £105, and he was kept till he was eight 

 years old, winning the great gold medal at Paris in 1856. 

 When sold fat he fetched £40. 



Charlotte 203, got by Angus 45, and out of the Queen 

 cow Lola Montes 208, stands in the first rank among polled 

 matrons. After her victory here she was sent across to 

 the Paris exhibition, where she carried the first prize and 

 the gold medal as best of all the cows and heifers. On 

 account of these distinctions, she is generally spoken of 

 as the " Paris cow." " She was all over a sweet-looking, 

 level, nice, touching cow, with fine temper. Whether 

 lean or fat, she was always level without patchiness of 

 any kind about her." Her most renowned offspring are : 

 Pride of Aberdeen 581, Daisy of Tillyfour, Crinoline 204, 

 and Empress of France 578. Pride, Daisy, and Empress 

 were full sisters. 



Glasgow, 1857. 



Bull, Druid 225, bred and exhibited by the Earl of 

 Southesk. 



Cow, Nightingale 262, bred by Sir Alexander Burnett, 

 Bart., of Crathes, exhibited by Eobert Walker, Portlethen. 



Druid, one of the many celebrated animals of Cup- 

 bearer's get, was out of Dora 333, bred at Keillor. The 

 strain seems to be extinct in the female line, but it was 

 considered the best at Kinnaird. Druid and his sire 



