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Shorthorns  in  Scotland  and  Ireland. 
breeding  of  Shorthorns  for  nearly  a quarter  of  a century,  his  last  appearance 
as  an  exhibitor  having  been  at  the  Highland  Show  at  Stirling  in  1864.  As  to 
the  showyard  career  of  bis  herd,  it  will  suffice  to  say  that  it  has  scarcely 
a parallel  in  the  annals  of  Shorthorn  breeding.  Ireland  has  been  indebted  to 
Mr.  Douglas  for  much  good  Shorthorn  material ; and  it  is  curious  to  note  that 
one  of  his  earliest  and  most  successful  selections  was  made  in  that  country  in 
1851,  when  at  Mr.  La  Touche’s  sale  he  purchased  “ Rose  of  Autumn,”  the 
daughter,  by  “ Sir  Henry  ” (10,824),  of  “ Pelerine,”  which,  along  with  her 
twin-sister  “Polka” — out  of  the  original  “ Mantalini,”  by  “Buckingham” 
(3239) — Mr.  La  Touche  had  transplanted  from  Killerby  to  the  Green  Isle. 
At  Athelstaneford  these  “ Roses  ” or  “ Mantalinis  ” bred  remarkably  well, 
and  attained  great  fame  in  the  national  showyards.  “ Rose  of  Autumn’s  ”■ 
first  calf  in  Scotland  was  “Rose  of  Summer,”  by  “Velvet  Jacket” 
(10,998)  (see  ‘ Herd-book,’  vol.  xi.  p.  681),  which  became  one  of  the  most 
celebrated  cows  of  her  day.  In  one  season  she  won  the  first  prize  at  each  of 
the  three  national  shows  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland — a remarkable 
feat  which  other  two  females  bred  at  Athelstaneford  (“  Third  Queen  of 
Trumps”  and  “Rose  of  Athelstane”)  also  achieved.  “Rose  of  Autumn” 
went  from  Athelstaneford  to  Mr.  Mark  Stewart  of  Southwick,  and  at  the 
latter’s  sale  in  1860  her  daughter,  “ Rose  of  Promise,”  was  bought  by  Lady 
Pigot  at  270  guineas.  At  Mr.  Pawlett’s  sale  at  Beeston  in  1872,  “ Rose  of 
Promise”  and  twenty  of  her  descendants  realised  the  handsome  average 
of  247 1.  7s.  a head.  At  the  Killerby  sale  in  1852,  Mr.  Douglas  bought, 
among  other  females,  the  heifer  calf  “Officious,”  by  “Hopewell”  (10,332), 
from  which  have  descended  all  the  animals  of  the  famous  “ Bracelet  ” tribe  now 
living.  From  Warlaby  he  obtained  “ Isabella  Hopewell,”  out  of  “ Isabella 
Exquisite,”  and  originally  named  “ Ecstasy.”  To  “ Hymen  ” (13,058)  (sold  to 
M.  F.  R.  de  la  Trehonnais  at  the  Paris  International  Show  in  1856  for 
200  guineas,  and  got  by  the  330  guinea  Fawsley  bull  “ Duke  of  Cambridge  ”) 
this  cow  produced  the  celebrated  “Lamp  of  Lothian”  (16,356),  which,  after 
gaining  the  gold  medal  for  the  best  bull  at  the  Royal  Dublin  Society’s  Spring 
Show  in  1858,  went  to  Ardfert  Abbey,  where  he  proved  one  of  the  most 
valuable  sires  ever  introduced  into  Ireland.  The  Athelstaneford  herd  was  at 
its  best  about  1858,  when  in  the  female  classes  at  the  Yorkshire  Show  at 
Northallerton  it  made  a clean  sweep  of  the  highest  honours  with  “ Queen 
of  Trumps,”  “ Rose  of  Athelstane,”  and  “ Maid  of  Athelstane.”  Mr.  Douglas 
was  a most  skilful  and  painstaking  breeder,  and  the  admirable  model  he 
kept  in  his  mind  was  thus  described  by  himself:  “ An  animal  of  .apparently 
small  scale,  but  in  reality  not  so,  having  a great  propensity  to  fatten,  on 
short  legs,  with  fine  bone,  massive  compact  body,  wide  chest,  ribs  well 
sprung,  thick  loins,  and  well  filled-up  quarter ; with  deep  twist,  body  all 
equally  covered  over  with  flesh,  plenty  of  soft  hair,  and  having  no  coarse 
beef  on  any  part.” 
The  Keir  herd,  one  of  the  most  useful  that  ever  existed  in  Scotland,  was 
founded  in  1852  by  the  purchase  of  two  cows — “ Grand  i flora,”  by  “Rajah” 
(6595),  and  “ Carrara,”  by  “ Ravenscroft  ” (10,680) — at  the  dispersion  of 
Mr.  Boswell’s  herd  at  Kingcausie,  Kincardineshire.  From  the  latter,  by 
Mr.  Troutbeck’s  “Gwynne,”  or  “Princess,”  bull  “ Blenco,”  came  “Young 
Carrara,”  the  dam  (by  the  famous  Farnley  Hall  prize  bull  “ John  O’Groat,” 
13,090)  of  “ Marble  Cutter,”  sold  at  250  guineas  for  exportation  to  Australia. 
The  more  important  subsequent  purchases  were  “Drapery,”  a cow  of  the 
“Coldcream”  tribe,  and  “Chemisette,”  by  “ Earl  of  Dublin”  (10,178),  from 
Sir  Charles  Knightley’s  sales  at  Fawsley ; “ Flora  ” and  “ Rosanna,”  both  got 
by  “ Lovemore  ” (10,476),  of  Knightley  blood,  from  Colonel  Pennant,  Pen- 
rhyn  Castle ; “ Windsor  Flower,”  by  “ Earl  of  Scarborough  ” (9064),  purchased 
from  Mr.  Wetherell  for  250  guineas  shortly  before  the  dispersion  of  that 
