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much rain ; in the evening the Directors and Judges dined in 

 the Caledonian Hotel On Wednesday the yard was open from 

 8 A.M. till 5 P.M. ; throughout the day the rain fell fast and thick, 

 and planking was laid down ; the Showyard meeting of 

 members took place at 1.30 p.m. ; and the President's dinner 

 was held in the evening in the Caledonian Hotel— Lord Lovat 

 presiding, and Mackintosh of Mackintosh acting as croupier. 

 Daring Thursday the weather showed an improvement, and the 

 yard was open from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. ; in the evening a ball was 

 held in the Xorthern Meeting Eooms, and was attended by 

 about 200 ladies and gentlemen. On Friday the yard was opened 

 at the same hour ; the weather kept tine, people poured in from 

 all quarters, and the business of the meeting was brought to 

 a close at 5 p.m., highly to the satisfaction of all interested. 



During the three last days of the Show, the band and pipers 

 of the 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, as 

 w^ell as the pipers of Sir Eobert Menzies, performed an excellent 

 selection of popular pieces. 



The front of the Committee Eoom was tastefully laid out by 

 Messrs Munro Brothers, nurserymen, Inverness, with a choice 

 variety of evergreens, which imparted to the building a very 

 neat and jjleasant appearance. 



The exhibition consisted of the following entries in the 

 different classes of stock : — 



Cattle. 



Horses. 



