at the Castle Douglas Agricultural show. 

 In 1897 he -won first prizes at Castle 

 Douglas, Dalbeattie, Scotland; Highland 

 and Agricultural society of Scotland at 

 Glasgow, and the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England show at Manchester. 

 At the two latter shows he was also 

 awarded medals for being the best Gal- 

 loway bull exhibited. In 1898 Scottish 

 Standard was placed first at Castle 

 Douglas, the Dumfries Union, and at the 

 Highland and Agricultural at Kelso, 

 Scotland; also at the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England show at Birming- 

 ham. He also won medals at both High- 

 land and Royal shows. In 1899 he again 

 won premier place at Castle Douglas 

 and the Royal Agricultural Society of 

 England at Maidstone, winning a medal 

 also at the latter exhibition. This same 

 season he was imported to America to 

 head the Brookside farm herd. 



In the United States this bull has not 

 been extensively shown. In 1901 he made 

 a number of the more important state 

 fairs, but was not in the best flesh, and 

 so did not obtain the coveted first place. 

 At the Indiana state fair he was placed 

 second, at the Illinois state third and 

 at the International Live Stock Exposi- 

 tion at Chicago also third. His chief 

 competitors on this circuit were the im- 

 ported bulls Druid of Castlemilk 17054 

 and Muscosis 3d. Scottish Standard was 

 not presented in as high flesh and bloom 

 as his competitors, and so did not secure 

 the recognition he might have won 

 otherwise. Scottish Standard showed 

 himself to be a level-backed, blocky, 

 deep-bodied, short-legged, grand-headed 

 type of the breed, covered with a beau- 

 tiful coat of hair. Good critics this sea- 

 son counted him the best type of the 

 three bulls mentioned, each of which was 

 of unusual excellence and international 

 reputation. The Breeder's Gazette cor- 

 respondent, reviewing the International 

 Galloway show, wrote: "No attempt has 

 been made to finish him for this com- 

 petition, and yet the grand type of the 

 bull, his head of outstanding character, 

 his closeness to the ground and his fin- 

 ish warrant the honors he has attained 

 and qualify him for any contest for 

 which he may be prepared." 



Before his importation to the United 

 States, Scottish Standard began to show 

 his worth as a breeder, although his 

 show-ring career was of great eminence. 

 His son McDougal 4th of Tarbreoch 18300 



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