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Bulls — Large number from the North — Awards — Mr F. Simpson's Buchan 

 Hero — Shorthorn Cows, whence exhibited — First Shorthorns from Siltyton, 

 Eden, Shethin, and Cobairdy — A wards of premiums — Aberdeenshire Horned 

 Cattle — Entries and Awards — First prize awarded to Mr M'Combie of 

 Tillyfour — Creditable show of Polled Cattle — Entries from Aberdeenshire, 

 Kincardineshire, and Forfarshire — Awards — Polled Cows — Entries from 

 different Counties — Awards — West Highlanders — Success of Ruthven Cattle 

 — High premiums for Horses — Stallions chiefly from South of Dee — Very 

 poor show of Sheep — Large attendance at Dinner — Duke of Sutherland in 

 the chair — Speech by Lord Aberdeen ....... 258 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



FIRST SHOW AT BERWICK (1841), AND SIXTH SHOW AT EDINBURGH {1842). 



Shaiu at Berwick : — Liberal prizes for Shorthorns — Great display of Bulls — 

 First authenticated pedigrees — Lists of the Shorthorn Bulls entered, arranged 

 in Counties — The Awards— _^ioo prize won by The Buchan Hero — The 

 bulls Sir Thomas Fairfax and Clementi — Mr Bates exhibits the cow Oxford 

 Premium, and Mr Booth, Bracelet — Victory of latter — His Mantilini only 

 gets second place — Other Cattle classes besides Shorthorns unimportant — 

 Moderate show of Horses — Great display of Leicester Sheep — Prizes given 

 to Southdowns — The Judges of Shorthorns and Sheep — The Dinner — The 

 Duke of Richmond on Farm Letting — Mr Wilson, Edington Mains, on 

 Farm Labourers. Shozu at Edinburgh: — First printed list of Entries of 

 Stock — Analysis of the Entries of Shorthorns — The winners of the prizes — 

 Duke of Buccleuch carries all the prizes for Cows — Ayrshires the only other 

 breed largely represented — The prizes in Ayrshires — Fife Breed — West 

 Highland Oxen — Polled Oxen — Ayrshire Cow shown bred by Lord Jeffrey 

 — Premiums for Stallions — Sheep prizes — Chinese Sheep — Dinner, Duke of 

 Richmond presiding — Large numl)er of Baronets and Knights — Deputation 

 from the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland — Marquis Torregiani . . 267 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



SHOW AT DUNDEE (1843), AND FOURTH SHOW AT GLASGOW {1844). 



Shcnij at Dumice : — Site of the Show — Lectures — Shorthorn Prizes — Prizes in 

 Aged Bull class go to England — Other Bulls shown — The Prize Cows — 

 Mr Watson, Keillor, appears as a breeder of Shorthorns — Show of Polled 

 Angus — The Exhibitors — The Prizes in the class — Small show of Fife 

 Breed — Small show of West Highland Cattle, Horses, and Sheep — Dinner 

 — Speeches by Colonel Chalmers and Mr Fox Maule — Lord Duncan's 

 counsel to the Scotch Farmers — Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of Ireland — Its * Initiation ' by the Secretary of Highland Society — Results 

 of the Irish Society's efforts. Show at Glasgow : — Largest show of Stock 

 yet exhibited — Liberal Premiums — Only one animal of the Fife Breed — 

 Fine show of Shorthorns — The Prizes, and some of the Entries — Ayrshires 

 the great feature of the Show — West Highland — Polled Oxen — Sheep — 

 Horses — Large display of Dairy Produce — The Dinner — Public Breakfasts 

 — Professor Johnston's hopeful anticipation -Ayrshire gentlemen freight a 

 ship with guano 277 



