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strongest iu point of niiniijers, and very creditable in general excellence. 

 Besides those j)laced, the remainder were of very good quality, and 

 possessed of merit, though small in size. The seven-year-old bull, 

 ''Young Viscount"' (736), which gained the first premium at Aberdeen 

 in 1876, and which was therefore by the rules of the Society disqualified 

 for competition, was exhibited as extra stock, and was deservedly awarded 

 the medium gold medal. He was looking fresh and full of life and 

 flesh, and as active as a two-year-old. He was one of the best bulls ever 

 exhibited, and stands unrivalled for wealth and levelness of flesh, substance, 

 and quality. 



Iti the Galloway class, the animal placed first in the aged bull section 

 exhibited a great deal of style, substance, and quality, carried his flesh very 

 evenly, and was altogether a first class specimen of the breed. The other 

 animals in the section were very fair specimens. In the younger bull sections 

 the first prize two-year-old, and the first yearling, were quite above average 

 specimens, brought out in the very pink of condition, and both would be 

 very difficult to set aside. The female sections were characterised by 

 general excellence, not a single inferior specimen being brought forward. The 

 Judges concurred in representing that the breeders of Galloway cattle 

 seemed to study quality more than mere size, and that not a single over- 

 fed animal was i)laced before them. 



Of Ayrshires there was an excellent display, and a number of 

 exceptionally fine specimens were to be found in the various sections. 

 Conspicious amongst these were the first prize aged bull and the first prize 

 two-year-old bull. The whole section of cows and heifers in calf was also 

 exceptionally well represented. The section of two-year-old heifers was 

 greatly admired, it being one of the finest perhaps ever seen in any judging 

 ring. The yearling heifers were unusually large in size. 



The Highland breed was well represented both in numbers and quality, 

 there being entries from many of the leading folds in Scotland. Although 

 rather early in the season for seeing Highland cattle to advantage, they 

 seemed to attract the general attention of the nimierous visitors on the show 

 ground. 



The display in the fat stock class was not large, but the whole stock 

 exhibited was good. The aged Highland ox was a very superior specimen 

 of what this breed may be brought to. The Duke of Eoxburghe showed in 

 the extra stock a five-year-old Highland ox, for which a mediiun gold 

 medal was awarded. 



As extra stock the Marquis of Lothian exhibited an Indian cow and calf, 

 and an aged and a one-year-old bull of tlie same breed. For these a 

 medium and a minor gold and a silver medal were awarded. Sir John W. 

 P. Campbell Orde of Kilmory, Bart., showed an Indian bull and cow, and 

 was awarded a minor gold and a silver medal. Sir John Majoribanks of 

 Lees, Bart., exhibited a cow and a heifer of the Jersey breed, and was 

 adjudged a minor gold and a silver medal. 



The stallions for agricultural purposes were a remarkably good lot. The 

 aged .section were jjarticurlarly well brought out. The three-year-olds were 

 not so equal in merit. The two-year-olds were well represented, and 

 headed by a very stylisli bay, and were on the whole a more equal lot. 

 The yearlings also promised well. Tlie judges liad no doubt about recom- 

 mending tlie prize horses as good specimens to breed from. Of a good 

 class of Ijrood mares, the first, possessing great substance with extraordinary 

 girtli and size, was an easy winner; the second was also a very powerful 

 animal, and the third and fourth were also of fair merit. The section for 

 mares in foal formed a good class, and the prize winners were all meritori- 

 ous animals. The three-year-olds were also a very good lot. The first 

 being shajiely, stylish, and a grand mover. The two-year-olds mustered fair, 

 and were of good quality. The fii-st ])rize being an animal of the genuine 



