244 ACCOUNT OF THE SHOW HELD AT INVERNESS IN 1883. 



Cattle. 



The shorthorns were, both in respect to numbers and sustained 

 merit, a good show. In the section of aged bulls there were 

 fourteen entries, four of which were absent. The first, second, 

 and third prize bulls were animals of great merit. In the two- 

 year old section there were ten entries, and only one absent. 

 There was considerable diversity of type and character in this 

 section, and it was with some difficulty that the Judges could 

 get animals of the same character to follow each other in the 

 prize list. The prize bulls, however, were all well covered with 

 flesh over the quarters, loins, and ribs, and were very useful 

 animals. In the one-year-old section there were ten entries, 

 three of which were absent. In this section the first prize bull 

 was decidedly the best male shorthorn in the yard, and got the 

 Tweeddale Gold Medal accordingly ; the other prize bulls were a 

 verv good lot. In the section for cows there were fourteen 

 entries, and all present. The first, second, and third prize 

 cows were animals of great merit, being young cows, and 

 evenly fleshed, with good feminine character ; the others were 

 so good that five were highly commended and commended. In 

 the section of two-year-old heifers there were seven entries, and 

 all present. There was a lack of quality in this section. The 

 first prize animal was rather strong in her bone, but had a good 

 outline, being deep in carcass and well balanced; the others 

 were a fair good lot. In the yearling heifer section there w^ere 

 seventeen entries, and three absent. This section was large, 

 and generally a good one. The prize animals were a very 

 promising lot. "Eosaria 2nd," the first prize aged bull at Glasgow 

 in 1882, was present, and looked as handsome and evenly 

 fleshed as when exhibited in his younger days. 



The number of Ayrshires was altogether very small in every 

 section, bat the quality of the different animals was very good, 

 particularly the section of bulls, those carrying the first and 



