SALES IN 1860 AND 18G1. 447 



At it Mr Walker, Portlethen, purchased for £32, 5s. the 

 cow Nightingale 262 (entered in the catalogue as Jenny 

 Lind), after Strathmore 5, and out of Mary of Wester 

 Fin tray 21. She had at foot the calf Princess Philomel 

 269. Nightingale was the first-prize cow at the High- 

 land Society's show at Glasgow in 1857, and has left 

 many noteworthy descendants. 



Mr Bowie's sale at West Scryne, in 1857, was re- 

 markably successful in its financial results, the average of 

 for fifty-one animals exceeding £28. The highest priced 

 cow was Caroline 562, bought by the Earl of Southesk 

 for £67, and the highest priced bull was Standard-Bearer 

 229, bought by Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour for £89. 

 This animal was winner of the first prize at the Highland 

 Society's show in 1 8 5 8. In 1 8 5 7, Mr Patrick Davidson's 

 herd at Inchmarlo was dispersed. Mr Paterson, Mulben, 

 here obtained for £34, 15s., Jean of Inchmarlo 522, 

 " after Mr Walker's (Portlethen) bull, and out of Calder 

 by Mr M'Combie's bull." The cow was ancestress of 

 the Mulben EUen family. At Mr M'Combie's sale at 

 Bridgend in 1857, Fair Maid of Perth 313 of the Queen 

 tribe, a very successful prize cow, was sold to Mr Collie, 

 Ardgay, for £86 ; Lady Clara 4 out of Old Grannie 1, to 

 Mr Shaw for £20, her daughter Mariana 622 going to 

 Dr Garden, Balfluig, for £27 ; Jenny of Tillyfour 353 

 (a yearling heifer, the foundress of the Mains of Kelly 

 Jennet family) to Mr Bowie for £21 ; Napoleon 257, 

 " out of the best cow and after the best bull in the world 

 in the opinion of the exposer," was bought by Mr Tayler 

 of Glenbarry, for £42 ; Young Panmure 232, after- 

 wards the first-prize bull at the Highland Society's 

 show at Dumfries in 1860, was purchased by Mr Bowie 

 for £20, being then three months old.y*The Keillor herd 

 was dispersed in 1860. The most fidteible transactions 

 there were the sale of Beauty of TiUyfour 2nd to Mr 

 M'Combie, and President 3rd to Mr Leslie, The Thorn. 



