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being all worthy of special notice. The section for yearling 

 heifers was the strongest in point of numbers, and was alto- 

 gether a meritorious section, those placed being extremely good, 

 and so equal in general excellence that more difficulty was expe- 

 rienced in placing them than in any of the other sections. 



Of Galloways there was a fair display, and the quality of the 

 animals in almost all the sections was of a very high order. The 

 exhibits of both sexes in the aged sections were specially good, 

 and it was satisfactory to find the representatives of the breed 

 maintaining their best qualities after coming to maturity. The 

 aged bulls included several very superior specimens. The first 

 prize bull was a massive, compact animal of grand quality, with a 

 capital back and ribs ; the second was a full brother of the first, 

 and both are possessed of the high quality so desirable in breed- 

 ing animals ; the third prize was a lengthy bull, with superior 

 fore-quarters but deficient in his hind-quarters. The two-year- 

 old bulls were not so good as the aged ones. The bull to which 

 the first prize was awarded showed good quality and superior 

 hair ; the second seemed an improving animal,f\. hose bone was a 

 little rougher than was desirable ; the third had straight lines 

 and massive frame, but his head was rather coarse ; and the 

 others in the section were fairly good specimens. The yearling 

 bulls were inferior to the other males exhibited. The first prize 

 bull had well-sprung ribs ; his weak points being the two ex- 

 tremes of his body. There were only five animals in the section 

 for cows, but their merit was of a very high order ; indeed it is 

 seldom that such a specially select lot of Galloway cows meet in 

 competition. The first was a beautiful cow of prime quality, 

 and had she been slightly larger would have been almost a 

 model Galloway. The two-year-old heifers were a good section. 

 The first prize one possessed great substance and good quality ; 

 the second and third were pretty promising heifers, but mani- 

 festing a tendency to be patchy. The yearling heifers were also 

 a good section. The first prize animal was a sweet, well-propor- 

 tioned youngster, whose hair was a little too wiry ; the second 

 showed good quality, with a slightly plain head, and her rump 

 was a little too strong ; the third was also possessed of nice 

 quality, but her head was slightly faulty, and she was developing 

 a little patchiness at the tail root. 



As might have been expected in a town so conveniently situ- 

 ated for their exhibition, Highlanders proved a very important and 

 attractive feature of the show, nearly all the celebrated herds in 

 Scotland being represented. The aged bulls, though not numerous, 

 were a meritorious section, the first prize animal being of great 

 style and quality. The three-year-olds were exceptionally good, 

 and the competition very close in the first three animals. The 

 two-year-olds do not call for special remark. In the female 



