and was bred by the exhibitor." He was also the bull exhibited by Mr Watson at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland at Londonderry in 1847, when he gained the first prize. The name under which he was entered at that show was Strathmore; and the confusion of names is still further increased by it being said in the catalogue that he was after Old Jock-this designation having apparently been applied to the various Keillor bulls in the order of seniority. The age of Old Jock is placed beyond dispute by the entries in the show-catalogues. Thus he wins the first prize as a yearling at the Highland Society's show at Dundee in 1843; at the Highland Society's show at Inverness in 1846 he is entered as "aged four years and six months;" at the Royal Irish Society's show at Londonderry in 1847 he is described as having been "calved in March 1842,"-these three separate entries strictly corresponding on the point of age.

Old Jock also gained the sweepstakes for bulls at the Perth Highland show in 1852, when he was about eleven years old, although he is entered in the catalogue as fourteen years and four months old. A somewhat noteworthy reference to Old Jock was made in the report of the 'Perthshire Advertiser' on the show at Perth in 1852. The report was evidently from the pen of a gentleman who had acted as a judge at the Londonderry show in 1847, and went on to say: "In the class of old bulls, Mr Watson showed his celebrated bull, Jock, for the sweepstakes; he being disqualified for competing for the premium, having obtained the Society's first prize at Inverness in 1846. This bull is confessedly the best animal of the polled breed ever exhibited in a showyard. Four years ago, at the meeting of the Irish Agricultural Society at Londonderry, we assisted in judging Jock with his competing brethren. He was not only the best bull in his own class, but he stood second for Mr Purcell's 100-guinea cup for the best animal in the showyard; and it was our opin

ion then, as it is now, that Jock should have stood first. Being second, however, in such circumstances, was high merit, there being thirty-two Shorthorn bulls, many of them first-class, independent of all the other breeding animals in the showyard." A striking confirmation of the accuracy of the remarks we have made about Old Jock is furnished by the catalogue of Mr Watson's sale at Auchtertyre, in 1853. Nearly all the cows and heifers at that sale are stated to have been after Old Jock,-thus proving, apart from other evidence, that it was this bull that was used by Mr Watson from 1843 to 1852. Mr Dixon, in 'Field and Fern,' says Old Jock was one of Mr Hugh Watson's favourite bulls. He was, observes Mr Dixon, "the most stylish of the lot, and showed, as his owner never scrupled to say, much of the Shorthorn superiority in hair and touch." Mr Ferguson says: "Old Jock was the best polled bull I ever saw; and he never looked better than when he was taken in at 180 guineas at the Keillor sale in 1848, at which Mr Wetherell officiated as auctioneer, using the sand-glass." Mr William Watson says: “My father used to think Old Jock the best bull he ever bred; and, as a sire, he has never been surpassed in the annals of polled stock. He was a grand grazier, iron in constitution, and of superlative quality."

(6.) The sixth Jock was BLACK JOCK (No. 3 of the 'Herd Book'). This bull, calved in 1848, was after Old Jock 1, and out of Old Grannie 1. He was purchased by Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, when three months old, for seventeen guineas, and was used in his herd.

(7.) The seventh Jock was YOUNG JOCK (No. 4 of the 'Herd Book'), calved in May 1849: he was also after Old Jock 1, and Mr Ferguson says he was out of Octavia 331. He gained the first prize at the Highland Society show at Perth in 1852, at which he was entered as "3 years and 4 months old." Young Jock was acquired by Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, in whose herd he was afterwards used.

It is, we think, clearly established by the foregoing, that in vol. i. of the 'Herd Book,' the identity of Greybreasted Jock 2 and Old Jock 1 has been confounded. It appears evident that Grey-breasted Jock 2, who was the senior and not the junior, as would be gathered from the 'Herd Book' entries, never returned to Scotland after his appearance at Belfast in 1843, and that he was succeeded as stock sire at Keillor by his son Old Jock 1, whose fame. excelled that of Grey-breasted Jock, and who continued in service in Mr Watson's herd until 1853 or 1854. It follows from this, that most of the animals credited in the 'Herd Book' to Grey-breasted Jock 2 were really got by Old Jock 1. We will only mention a few of the more celebrated-viz., Black Jock 3, Young Jock 4, Strathmore 5, Angus 45, &c. The most important link in this chain of evidence is perhaps the fact that Grey-breasted Jock was sold to Mr Kirkaldy of Hearnesbrook in 1843, and remained in Ireland. It should also be added that Mr William Watson and Mr Ferguson agree in stating that Old Jock 1 was the bull exhibited at Dundee in 1843, Inverness in 1846, and Perth in 1852.

The Keillor Favourites and Beauties.

From our remarks as to the Keillor Jocks, it will be seen that there were two cows belonging to Mr Watson named Favourite. Old Favourite (the dam of Old Jock 1, of Angus 45, and of Favourite 2) was not entered in the 'Herd Book.'. She was a famous show cow, and was sold at Mr Watson's sale in 1848 to Mr Bowie, Mains of Kelly, for 40 guineas. Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, bought her daughter, Favourite 2.

There has been a great deal of confusion regarding the cows at Keillor called Beauty. Three, at least, of the Keillor cows were named Beauty. One of these, Beauty of Buchan 5, passed into the possession of Mr Ferguson,

Kinnochtry. Another was Beauty (not registered), best known as the dam of Emily 332, from whom springs the famous Ballindalloch Ericas. In the volumes of the 'Herd Book' published prior to 1879, Emily was said to have been out of Beauty 96, bred by Sir James Carnegie. In the notes supplied to us by the Honourable Charles Carnegie on the Kinnaird herd, this inaccuracy is fully dealt with. Emily 332 was bought by the Earl of Southesk for £37 at Mr Watson's sale in September 1853. She was lot 20 of the sale, and her pedigree was printed in the catalogue as follows-"Angus, heifer: by Old Jock, dam Beautythe dam of Sir T. Burnett's famous bull." formed by Mr Ferguson, Kinnochtry, that this Beauty, We are inbred at Keillor, the dam of Emily 332, became the property of Sir Alex. Burnett, and that Mr Hugh Watson bought her and her yearling bull, The Baronet 339, back from Crathes in 1856. Another Beauty bred at Keillor was Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd 1180, after Young Jock 4, and out of Favourite 2. She was a very good cow, with a large lump on one of her fore legs, and was bought by Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour at the Keillor sale in 1860 for £64. At Tillyfour she produced Ruth 1169 and Jilt 973.

At the Keillor sale in 1860, Mr M'Combie also bought the daughter of Beauty of Tillyfour 2nd, named Miss Watson 987, for £34 or £37. Miss Watson, who was sold at the Tillyfour sale in 1867 to Mr M'Combie of Easter Skene, is erroneously entered in vol. ii. of the 'Herd Book' as out of Beauty of Buchan 5. peated in the pedigree of Miss M'Combie of Fyvie 1519, The error is rea daughter of Miss Watson, and purchased by the late Colonel Gordon at the Tillyfour sale in 1867 for 61 guineas. It also occurs in the pedigrees of the bulls Derby 377, Disraeli 401, Reform 408, and Taurus 410all of whom were descended from Beauty of Tilly four 2nd 1180, and through her from the Keillor Favourites, and not from Beauty of Buchan 5, whose dam was Old Grannie 1.

Monarch 44 and the Tillyfour Victors.

The pedigrees of the bull Monarch 44 and the three Victors-Victor 46, Victor 2nd 47, and Victor 3rd 193— who figure prominently in the records of the early Tillyfour cattle, have been imperfectly registered in vol. i. of the Herd Book.' We are enabled to supplement the information given in the 'Herd Book' from the private catalogue of the Tillyfour herd, dated 1st January 1850, for the use of which we are indebted to Mr R. C. Auld, Mr M'Combie's nephew. Monarch 44, calved 1843, and bred by Mr Fullerton, Ardovie, was after Panmure 51, and out of Julia 671. These facts are stated in the 'Herd Book.' Of Julia 671, however, no particulars are given in the 'Herd Book' entry, except that she was bred by Mr Fullerton. She was got by Panmure 51, and was out of Susanna, whose dam was Black Meg 766, and sire Captain 97. Mr Fullerton remarked that Susanna did Black Meg no discredit. The three Victors were full brothers, all bred by Mr M'Combie, after Monarch 44, and out of Jean Ann 206. Victor 46 was calved in 1846, Victor 2nd 47 in 1848, and Victor 3rd 193 in 1850.

We are aware of other incorrect entries in vol. i.; but as they are not of so vital a character as the foregoing, we shall endeavour to rectify them as we refer to the various herds in which the animals were produced or principally used.