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Talbot de Malaliide ; and the seventh prize a bronze 

 medal and 200 francs to the Executors of the late Mr 

 Scott, Balwyllo. The commendations (bronze medals) 

 were awarded to the following exhibitors in the order 

 given viz. to Mr M'Combie for Bloomer 201 and for 

 two other cows ; to Lord Southesk ; Mr James Beattie, 

 Dumfries; the Executors of the late Mr E. Scott; Mr A. 

 Bowie ; and Mr James Stewart. Mr M'Combie's beautiful 

 cow Bloomer 201 stood second in order of merit in the 

 class, but for the reason already explained could not carry 

 off a money prize. On the recommendation of the judges, 

 a special gold medal was awarded to Mr M'Combie of 

 Tillyfour for the lout ensemble of his collection of polls. 



The judges, in their official report on the polled cattle 

 at the Exhibition in 1856, say: "The hornless breed, 

 hitherto little known out of England, must have drawn 

 attention in more than one respect. The specimens 

 brought to our notice possessed in fact the following 

 characteristic points : perfect homogenity of race, beauty, 

 richness, and regularity of form, softness of skin, mellow- 

 ness in handling, the whole united to a muscular system 

 sufficiently developed. They presented, besides, a con- 

 siderable mass of flesh supported by a comparatively 

 small volume of bone. "We are aware, besides, that that 

 breed joined sobriety to a great aptitude to fatten, and 

 that it supplies the butcher's stall with beef of much 

 esteemed quality; that it produces milk in satisfactory 

 quantity, is of sweet temper, and is also endowed with 

 prolific qualities." Special mention is made in the report 

 of the fine animals shown by Mr M'Combie, Mr IJ. 

 Walker, the Earl of Southesk, and others, and this 

 interesting official document concludes by " demanding " 

 a "grand gold medal for Mr William M'Combie as a 

 testimony of particular distinction." 



The Exhibition of 1856 was confined to breeding stock, 

 and the French Government, encouraged by its success, 



