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Ballymore Castle, Ballinasloe, was first for cows and heifers: 

 At the Koyal Dublin show at Dublin in 1844, Mr Seymour 

 was first for aged bulls with a four-year-old, bred at Keillor, 

 Mr Watson being second with a bull named Saunders. 

 That year Mr Watson was first for two-year-old heifers, 

 with a pair bred by himself, after a bull named Black Jock. 

 At the Eoyal Irish show at Ballinasloe in 1845, Mr Kir- 

 kakly of Hearnesbrook was first for aged bulls with Sambo, 

 bred by himself; and he was first for yearling bulls with 

 one bred by himself from the Keillor stock, probably a son 

 of Grey-breasted Jock 2. Mr Kirkaldy was also first for 

 cows with one bred by Mr Millar, Ballumbie, and Mr 

 Watson was first for two-year-old heifers. At the Eoyal 

 Irish show at Limerick in 1846, Mr Seymour gained all 

 the prizes, and at Londonderry in 1847 Mr Watson was 

 first for aged bulls with the famous Old Jock 1, who had 

 ' a very close fight for the Purcell cup as best bull in the 

 yard. 



Lord Talbot de Malahide had a superior herd at Malahide 

 Castle, County Dublin, his animals being descended from 

 the Ardovie, Kinnaird, and Balwyllo herds. Lord Lurgan 

 also bred polled cattle, and possessed the well-known Kin- 

 naird bull Monk 149, who left much fine stock in Ireland. 

 It will be seen from our notice of the Kinnochtry herd that 

 Mr William Owen of Blessington, County Wicklow, has 

 had many of Mr Ferguson's best bulls, and he has had 

 almost a monopoly of the prizes at the Eoyal Irish and Eoyal 

 Dublin shows for several years. Mr S.' E. Collis of Tiera- 

 clea, Tarbert, County Kerry, has a very good herd, the 

 matrons of which are Sarah of Euthven 2429, after the 

 grand old bull Major 3rd 662 ; Waterside Janet 3472, bred 

 by Mr Wilken, and got by the same sire ; and Waterside 

 Daisy 2nd. He has used the bull Lord Kilmurrily 918, 

 bred by the Earl of Fife after Major of Bognie 444, and 

 out of the champion cow Innes 1934. Lord Kilmurrily 

 left some very good heifers, and has been succeeded by a 



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