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Farm Prize Competition , 1908. 
has now been sold at a very high figure to go abroad. In 1907 
Collynie Champion was bought as a calf from Mr. Duthie and 
shown in 1908 at the Royal and Highland Shows only, taking 
the first prize at each show, and was not further exhibited. 
This bull now takes the place of Pride of Tees in the herd, 
other bulls at present in use being Gainford Knight , Storm 
King , and Royal Ensign. 
We have seen how Mr. Harrison started in 1879 with a 
bull calf from Hart forth Rose. Now we come to the females, 
it is interesting to find that the first heifer introduced into the 
herd is one of her granddaughters, called Rosemary , out of 
White Rose (daughter of Hartforth Rose ) by Sir. C. M. 
Palmer’s bull at Crinkle Park. In 1891, when in Aberdeen- 
shire, Mr. Harrison purchased from Mr. Campbell, of Kinellar, 
the heifer calf Warfare, afterwards famous as the winner of 
133 prizes (three firsts at the Royal), and as being the mother of 
Welcome (sire Champion Cup), herself the winner of 112 
prizes, including first at the Royal. In 1894 Rose Blossom 
was also bought from Mr. Campbell as a calf and won many 
prizes during 1895, 1896, and 1897, including first at the 
Royal. She was afterwards sold to Mr. Jolliffe, and produced 
the noted stock bull Pride of Avon, now the property of Mr. 
James McWilliam, and who has sired so many high-priced 
bulls at Mr. Duthie’s sales. Welcome was bred at Gainford in 
1895, and had a wonderfully successful career, as before 
mentioned, from 1892-1902, when she finished up by winning 
the Yorkshire Prize for “ Cow and her Produce,” thus proving 
that Mr. Harrison produces good breeding as well as good 
show animals. Flora VI, bought as a yearling from Mr. John 
Naylor, of Welshpool, was shown nineteen times in 1902, and 
eighteen times in 1903, never being beaten — thus winning 37 
firsts and, in addition, 16 Championships in two years. Un- 
fortunately Flora calved prematurely in 1903, and, despite every 
care and the most skilful attention, never produced another 
calf, although kept until 1908. She has now been slaughtered, 
and her head preserved and mounted hangs in the Hall and 
recalls to memory the best heifer Mr. Harrison ever saw. 
Ursula Raglan, bought from Mr. Anthony Dobson in 1904 
as a five-year-old, has won many prizes and bred regularly up 
to 1907. So the list goes on and, to use Mr. Harrison’s words, 
might continue for a week. 
The following summary of successes will speak for them- 
selves. From 1879 to 1907 inclusive, the prizes won were 91 
Championships, 1,451 firsts, 717 seconds, and 204 thirds. In the 
Hall there are many oil paintings and photographs of the most 
famous of the animals and a multitude of trophies won by 
them. Truly this is a record of giants in the Shorthorn world. 
