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Semiramis, Dinah, Matilda, Harriet, and Maud 

 when he was first in the five-cow sweepstakes. 



Galloways look best in October, as their brown- 

 calf hair generally returns each spring. The head 

 should be short and Eoman, like a Cheviot sheep, 

 with a full expressive eye (a point very difficult to 

 get), a round bold forehead, and a good robust muzzle. 

 The poll should be broad, and the ears large, with 

 broad fringes inside, active in their movement and 

 standing out at angles from the head, instead of lying 

 back like the Angus. The sweetness of the head and 

 bone, the finer skin, and the lighter hind quarters 

 and thighs distinguish the Angus aristocrats from 

 their Galloway brethren, and, in fact, the Angus 

 may be called " Galloways with shorthorn treat- 

 ment/^ Graham of Riggfoot laid great stress on 

 short legs, and a good rough coat with wool amongst 

 it, which sticks on till the new hair comes. It is 

 said that Galloway men look too much to great 

 length of hair v/ithout reference to softness, and that 

 they are satisfied if the coats are as wavy as bears. 

 They say, on the contrary, that they like long coats 

 to throw off the water, but that there should be 

 plenty of v/ool below, and that to be wavy from light- 

 ness is an Angus vice. Once the Galloway tail was 

 much too high, but that point has been amended, 

 and the tops have become straighter and the loins 

 less slack. A thin rat tail is looked upon with sus- 

 picion, lest there should be a thin skin with it, which 

 will not suit the climate. Ead thighs are nearly as 



