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Hogarth, Hay mount, for his white bull, bred by the 

 late Mr Robertson of Ladykirk ; and the second 

 premium, of 40 sovereigns, by Mr Dudgeon, Spylaw, 

 " for his bull." Among premium winners for bulls 

 between 1833 and 1843 were Mr James Chrisp, 

 Doddington; Mr Smith, Grindon ; Mr Smith, Shedlaw; 

 Mr Hogarth ; Mr Carnegie, Edrom ; Mr Bell, Linton ; 

 Mr Hunt, Thornington ; Mr Elliott, Lamberton ; Mr 

 Jopling, Castlelaw ; Mr Jobson, Turvielaws ; and Mr 

 John Grey. Mr Grey's bull, which won the first 

 premium at the Union Show in the spring of 1843, 

 took leading position a few months afterwards at the 

 Dundee Show of the Highland Society. Kelso and 

 Coldstream were the show centres for the Union 

 Society. ' A View of some of the Transactions of 

 the Border Agricultural Society and of the Union 

 Agricultural Society/ from 1813 to 1843, by Mr 

 George Jerdan, the Secretary (Kelso, 1844), is very 

 interesting. 



