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gentleman’s  herd;  “Miss  Nightingale,”  by  “ Grand  Turk  ” (12,969),  secured 
for  200  guineas,  at  the  sale  of  Mr.  Ambler,  Halifax,  Yorkshire ; “ Picotee,” 
by  “ Refiner  ” (10,695),  and  “ Laura  Bell  ” by  “ Phoenix  ” (10,608),  from 
Mr.  Chrisp's  dispersion  at  Hawkhill,  for  100  and  150  guineas  respectively ; 
“ Vesta”  and  “ Winning  Witch,”  at  200  and  180  guineas  respectively,  from 
the  Bushey  Grove  sale  in  1862  ; the  famous  Show  bull  “ Royal  Butterfly  XI.  ” 
•(20,719),  and  “Another  Roan  Duchess,”  by  “Master  Frederick”  (18,348), 
purchased  at  the  Townley  Park  dispersion  for  400  and  225  guineas  respec- 
tively; “Pride  of  the  Morning,”  by  “Scottish  Chief”  (22,849),  and 
■“Flower  Girl,”  by  “Baron  Killerby”  (19,280)  (first-prize  yearling  heifers  at 
the  Royal  Show  at  Worcester),  from  the  Duke  of  Montrose’s  sale  in  1867  ; 
“Ferooza,”  by  “Knight  Errant”  (18,154),  and  her  beautiful  prize-daughter 
“ Henrietta,”  from  the  Costerton  sale  in  1869 ; “ Flower  of  the  Rhine,” 
purchased  at  the  great  Aylesby  sale  in  1875  for  510  guineas,  &c.  To  the  330 
guinea  Fawsley  bull  “ Duke  of  Cambridge  ” (12,742),  “ Chemisette  ” produced 
“ Princess  of  Cambridge,”  which  became  the  dam  of  many  fine  animals, 
including  the  prize  bull  “Allan”  (21,172),  used  in  the  Sittyton  herd  ten 
or  twelve  years  ago.  “Anna  Rose,”  daughter  of  “Rosanna,”  by  “John 
O’Groat ” (13,090),  became  the  dam  of  “Forth,”  generally  regarded  as  one 
•of  the  most  useful  sires  ever  bred  in  Scotland.  In  national  and  other 
showyards  he  proved  invincible;  and  at  Keir  and  Sittyton  he  transmitted 
valuable  properties  to  a numerous  progeny.  “ Winning  Witch”  became  the 
dam  of  “Wizard”  (25,467)  (by  the  Sittyton  bull  “Lord  Chamberlain,” 
22,129),  which  was  about  the  best  sire  used  in  Mr.  Stephens’s  herd  at  Inch- 
broom,  Morayshire,  and  which  afterwards  did  good  service  in  the  herd  of 
Mr.  Geddes,  Orbliston,  in  the  same  county.  From  “ Flower  of  the  Rhine  ” 
several  very  good  females  have  sprung  ; and  these,  along  with  the  old  matron 
herself,  now  in  her  eighth  year,  have  all  gone  to  enrich  the  valuable  herd 
belonging  to  Messrs.  Mitchell,  of  Alloa.  The  bulk  of  the  Keir  herd  was  dis- 
persed in  1881,  when  the  prices  were  much  lower  than  the  character  of  the 
stock  would  have  warranted. 
The  Halkerston  herd,  founded  in  1856  and  dispersed  in  1880,  was  con- 
ducted carefully  and  successfully,  and  was  conspicuously  successful  in 
•disseminating  the  valuable  properties  of  the  Shorthorn  amongst  the  general 
farm  stock  of  the  country.  Halkerston  farm,  although  only  ten  miles  inland, 
lies  about  800  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea ; and  the  success  attained  by 
Mr.  Currie  at  this  great  altitude  testifies  to  the  hardiness  of  judiciously  bred 
and  well-cared-for  Shorthorns.  The  herd  was  established  chiefly  by  animals 
tracing  from  Northumberland  stocks,  and  when  dispersed  consisted  of  old 
Raine  blood,  enriched  by  contact  with  good  Booth  and  Crofton  strains.  The 
small  but  select  herd  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Montrose  was  dispersed  in 
August  1867,  when  twenty  animals  brought  an  average  of  681.  7s.  a-head. 
The  herd  was  full  of  choice  Booth  blood,  the  “ Mantalini  ” and  “ Medora  ” tribes 
having  been  well  represented.  Viscount  Strathallan’s  herd,  also  made  up 
■of  good  material,  was  sold  on  the  same  day.  Twenty  animals  brought  an 
average  of  381.  5s.  a-head. 
The  Dunmore  herd  will  claim  a chapter  to  itself  in  the  history  of  Short- 
horn breeding.  Founded  in  1868,  and  sold  by  Mr.  Thornton  in  1880,  it  was 
the  only  pure  Bates  herd  ever  established  in  Scotland,  and  may  be  regarded 
as  holding  an  unique  position  in  the  annals  of  herds  of  that  line  of  blood. 
Lord  Dunmore’s  draft  sale  on  August  25,  1875,  has  no  parallel  in  British 
Shorthorn  history.  The  thirty-nine  animals  sold  realised  a total  of  26,2231., 
■or  an  average  of  6721.  8s.  The  average  for  thirty  cows  and  heifers  was 
5761.  5s.  6d.,  and  for  nine  bulls  and  bull  calves,  9921. 16s.  Sd.  For  the  “ Duke 
of  Cambridge,”  Lord  Fitzhardinge  gave  47251.,  the  highest  price  ever  paid 
in  this  country  for  any  animal  of  the  bovine  race. 
