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practical onlookers, was the third winner, the property of 

 Sir Thomas Gladstone. 



"At Edinburgh in 1877 the superiority of the black- 

 skins was maintained. Any falling off in numbers as 

 compared with Aberdeen was not at the expense of 

 quality or general merit. In a very strong class of aged 

 bulls, Colonel Ferguson's 100 guinea Mains of Kelly bred 

 bull Logie the Laird 3rd 862, from Pitfour, which had 

 run St Clair 1160 hard at Aberdeen the year before, had 

 his revenge. The former winner failed to grow so much 

 as was desirable, but he was neat. The Pitfour bull was 

 not only big but handsome, and won with general 

 approval, St Clair getting only a commended ticket. Sir 

 Wilfrid still kept his place with Judge, and they followed 

 each other in the two-year-old class, although both were 

 beaten, unfairly as many good judges thought, by Serapis 

 998, an Easter Skene bred bull from Fasque. The 

 winner had- plenty of substance, but he was not so even 

 in the flesh over the ribs as could have been desired, and, 

 moreover, had rather prominent ' scurs.' A good yearling 

 bull class was headed by Warrior 1291, of Mr Hannay's 

 breeding from the 111 guinea Eothiemay bred prize cow 

 Heather Blossom 1703, and after the 225 guinea bull 

 Young Viscount 736. Warrior was thick, deep, and 

 shapely, with remarkably neat rump and handsome hind 

 quarters. A few months afterwards he became the 

 Marquis of Huntly's property at 15 5 guineas, and proved 

 a good stock getter as well as a prize-taker, although he 

 did not quite maintain his position at the national show. 



" The Ballindalloch Erica cow Eva and the Baads-bred 

 Tilly four cow Sybil 1st 3524, that made her first appear- 

 ance in the Highland show at Edinburgh since her 

 victory in the yearling class at Inverness in 1874, had a 

 hard pull for priority in a splendid class of cows. During 

 the protracted struggle, the veteran owner of Sybil, seeing 

 that the real pull was narrowed to the two, remarked to 



