CHAPTER IX. 



SHOWS AT EDINBURGH IN 1823, 1824, 1825. 



Encouraged by the success in 1822, the Society not only 

 repeated the prizes in 1823, but added prizes for fat wethers 

 of the blackfaced, Southdown, Cheviot, and Leicester 

 breeds, besides prizes for pigs. The show in 1823 was 

 held on the same ground at the back of Queensberry 

 House, taking place on Wednesday, loth December, and 

 the prize stock being retained until Thursday, at three 

 p.m. The public were admitted after half-past twelve 

 o'clock on the Wednesday, on paying i s. each, and the sum 

 realized for admission was £'j^ is. 6d. 



The chief honours of the show were carried by John 

 Rennie, }'ounger of Phantassie. This gentleman took the 

 first prize in the class of Shorthorn oxen, the first prize in 

 the class of oxen showing. most symmetry, fat, and weight ; 

 and the first prize for pigs. The oxen with which Mr 

 Rennie carried the prizes in the Shorthorn class were both 

 bred by Mr Robertson of Ladykirk. They were white in 

 colour, and were by Sirius. The animal with which Mr 

 Rennie carried the prize in the class of oxen showing most 

 symmetry, fat, and weight was a red and white three-year- 

 old, bred by Mr Robertson. Had it been compatible with 

 the regulations, Mr Rennie would also have won the 

 second prize in the same class with a two-year-old white 

 ox, bred by himself, after Cumberland. In the class of 

 Aberdeenshire oxen, the first prize was won by Mr Archd. 

 Wilson, East Barns, Dumbarton, with two animals bred 

 by Mr Wm. Smith, Dalperray, Aberdeenshire. The second 

 prize lot in the class of Aberdeenshire oxen was owned by 

 Mr Dickson, Dunse. One of these, a horned animal, was 

 bred by ]\Ir Harrowgate, Berwickshire. The other, de- 



