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The Blackcap family is an offshoot from the Blackbird, 

 tracing from Blackcap 1552, a daughter of Blackcap of Corskie 

 3d 733, and sired by the bull St. Clair 693. Black Knight 

 4751, perhaps the greatest sire in the history of the breed in 

 America, was a son of Blackcap 1552. The Blackcaps are great 

 favorites, and their blood lines have mingled more or less with 

 the Blackbirds. Blackcap Poe 2d 236212, sold in 1918 .for 

 ^9200, was sired by Bruce Ito 1 87621, a Blackbird, and had for 

 dam the Blackcap cow Birdie Blackcap 82129, that was the dam 

 of Black Poe 150727 and that sold for ^5000. 



The Heather Bloom or Heather Blossom family descends from 

 the cow Heather Bloom (1189). She had two daughters, Heather 

 Blossom (1703) and Blooming Heather (1484), both of which 

 were prize winners as well as most successful breeders. Two 

 granddaughters of the latter, Benton Heather (7775) and Bonnie 

 Heather {7776), were imported by T. W. Harvey for his Turington 

 herd in Nebraska, where this family first attracted attention in 

 America. This is not listed by Macdonald and Sinclair as one 

 of the leading families in Scotland, but in the United States it 

 has contributed a very meritorious class of cattle. 



The Nosegay family originated at Ballindalloch, having for its 

 founder the cow Nettle 5167, her daughter Nosegay 2251, by 

 King Charles 424, giving the family name. This is regarded as 

 an especially good milking family. 



The Coquette family is of Ballindalloch breeding, descending from 

 Coquette (14 17) and credited with an excellent class of progeny. 

 The bull Ermine Bearer 1749, bred to Coquette loth 2703, sired 

 Abbotsford 2702, a sire that did much for the breed in America. 



The Jilt family has its origin in Jilt (973), calved in 1863 at 

 Tillyfour. She came to Ballindalloch in 1867, where she was a 

 very successful producer. Three sons, Juryman (404) 421, Judge 

 (1150) 473, and Justice (1462) 854, were Highland Society 

 Show prize winners. The two latter were imported to America 

 by Judge J. S. Goodwin for his Heatherton herd, but each had 

 a short career in this country. Jilt had five daughters, from which 

 this family derives its special reputation. These were Jewel (141 3), 

 Jewess (1916), Judy (2996), Joanna (13709), and Juno of Ballin- 

 dalloch (3374). This is an excellent family, and though not largely 



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