246 ACCOUNT OF THE SHOW HELD AT INVEKNESS IN 1883. 



of foot-and-mouth disease entertained by intending exhibitors. 

 There were only seven animals forward, comprising one aged 

 bull, one cow, two two-year-old heifers, and three yearling 

 heifers. The aged bull was a capital animal, and although he 

 was a little undersized, yet he was symmetrical, stylish, and of 

 excellent quality. He looked well, especially considering the 

 fact that he came direct from York, where he had been exhibited 

 in the Royal Showyard for nearly a week. The cow was a 

 superior animal in good bloom. The first prize two-year-old 

 heifer is a very good one, with level outlines, and combining 

 substance and quality in a special degree, while the one placed 

 second was not far behind her. The first prize yearling heifer 

 was a well-proportioned promising one, while' the second was 

 first rate in almost every point except at the tail roast, which 

 was beginning to show symptoms of patchiness. 



Although several good herds were not represented, the show 

 of Highland cattle was large and attractive. All the various 

 classes were represented, and the places of merit were keenly 

 contested in each. The display will compare favourably with 

 any held under the auspices of the Society for some years. 



The class of fat cattle was very creditable, being marked by an 

 almost total absence of too old and overfed animals, which cost 

 much money, and make beef of a very inferior quality. The 

 large number of six-quarter-old animals were very good. 



Horses. 



As a whole, the stallions for agricultural purposes was a fair 

 collection. Aged horses did not muster strong, and as a class 

 were not of very equal merit. One or two animals in this class 

 were considered of the best stamp to breed from, but not in 

 good form at the time. The three-year-olds were a better look- 

 ing lot, the leading horses in this class promising well at their 

 age. In two-year-old colts, the first and second prize animals 

 were clearly ahead of the others, good colts, though of very 

 different stamps from the two first. Yearlings mustered well, 

 by far the most numerous class, and many promising youngsters 

 amongst the lot. Those awarded premiums were perhaps of 

 more equal merit than in any of the older lots. 



The display in the sections for draught mares, fillies, and 

 geldings, though short of what it usually is when the Show is 

 held in the south, was on the whole much better than might 

 have been expected, and in almost every section the prize 

 winners were animals of high merit. The mares with foal at 

 foot were a moderate class, but the first prize winner was a good 

 animal. The mares in foal were a much better class than the 

 preceding, the first and second prize mares being especially in a 

 high degree meritorious. The three-year old fillies were a small 



