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Show at Glasgow — Grand display of Ayrshire Cattle — First premiums — 

 Shorthorn Judges — Awards — Angus or Aberdeen — Awards — Galloways — 

 Premiums — West Highland Cattle — Horse and Sheep prizes — Dinner, 

 Duke of Hamilton presiding — Deputation from Paris. Sho-w at Aberdeen : 

 — Large display of Implements — Shorthorn Cattle — Premiums — Angus or 

 Aberdeen — Premiums — Ayrshires and West Highlanders — Horses — Sheep 

 — Awards — Dinner, the Duke of Athole presiding — M. Dutrone — Speech 

 in French — His medal for animals ' Sans Comes ' — Advice from Mr 

 Wetherell ............ 329 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



EIGHTH SHOW AT EDINBURGH (1859), AND FOURTH SHOW AT DUMFRIES (1860). 



Show at Edinhirgh : — Extension of period of exhibition of Stock — Effect in 

 limiting display — Presence of Prince of Wales — Great attendance of visitors 

 — Large receipts — Improvement noted on Shorthorns — Awards — Angus or 

 Aberdeen — Galloways — Ayrshires — West Highlanders — Horses inferior — 

 Leicester Sheep — Mr Cockburn, Sisterpath, and Mr Wiley, Brandsby — 

 Appearance of 'Scotch Leicesters ' — Suggestions — Other Sheep prizes — 

 Southdowns from Goodwood — Dinner, Duke of Athole presiding — Speech 

 by Lord Justice Clerk Inglis — Duke of Richmond represents Successful 

 Competitors. S/iow at Dumfries : — Large number of Galloways — Awards 

 — Suggestion of substantial identity of Galloways and Angus — Small show 

 of Aberdeen or Angus — Their excellence — Shorthorns — Inferior show of 

 Bulls — Duchesses 78th and 79th — Marked success of Mr Douglas, Athel- 

 staneford — Ayrshires and Highlanders — Horse and Sheep premiums — Im- 

 provement in Cheese-making — Dinner, Duke of Athole presiding — Mr 

 Beattie, Newbie House, and Successful Competitors — Large offer to Mr 

 Douglas — Horse Taming .......... 341 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



FOURTH SHOW AT PERTH (1861) ; SHOW AT BATTERSEA (1S62). 



Skow at Perth : — Shorthorn awards — Mr R. Booth's Queen of the Vale and 

 Queen Mab, and Soldier's Bride — Polled classes — Angus and Galloways 

 shown together — Remonstrance against the arrangement — Awards — Success 

 of Balwyllo entries — Ayrshires — Athole breed of Cattle — Dinner, the Duke 

 of Athole presiding — Noble but Unsuccessful Competitors — Mr Booth 

 represents the Successful. Battersea Exhibition : — Scotch Honours in the 

 Shorthorn classes — Mr Booth's Queen of the Ocean and Queen of the May 

 2nd — Prizes in Angus or Aberdeen, Galloway, Highland, and Ayrshire 

 sections — Clydesdale Horses — High price for First Prize — Scotch breeds 

 of Sheep — Prizes gained by Scotch Exhibitors in Leicester Sheep . . 350 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



SHOW AT KELSO (1863), AND SECOND SHOW AT STIRLING (1864). 



Shoza at Kelso : — Large show of Implements — Shorthorn prizes — Bull Forth — 

 Aberdeen or Angus premiums — Awards in Galloways — Ayrshires and West 

 Highlanders — Horses — Sheep — Success of Mr Brydon, Moodlaw, in 

 Cheviots — Dinner, Duke of Argjdl presiding — Remarks on Darwin's 

 Theory- — Mr W^ilson's Book on Farming — Highlanders fonnerly and now. 

 Shoiu at Stiiiitig : — Good attendance — Large display of Shorthorns — 



