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whether they had not a good deal of the characteristics of 

 the Devon. The judges in this year (1825) did not award 

 them any prize. 



Some interest attaches to the competition in the next 

 class, which was for oxen of any breed, pure or cross. 

 There was only one pair, both animals being cross, the one 

 a red and the other a roan. They were exhibited by Mr 

 Rennie, yr. of Phantassie, and were both crosses between 

 a Shorthorn bull and Ayrshire cows, and were bred, the 

 red by Mr Carnegie of Edrom, and the roan by Mr Dick- 

 son, Dunse. They were each three-and-a-half years old. 

 The judges awarded them the prize. 



This year (1825), for the first time, the Society offered 

 premiums for heifers at their General Show. A premium 

 of five sovereigns was offered for the best two heifers of the 

 Shorthorn breed under two years old, but there appears to 

 have been no entries, rather a remarkable circumstance, 

 and worthy of being specially noted. Besides these pre- 

 miums for Shorthorn heifers, the Society offered ten 

 sovereigns for the best two heifers of any breed, Short- 

 horns excepted, not exceeding four years old. For this 

 latter premium two entries were made, one a pair of two- 

 year-old heifers of the Galloway breed, shown by Mr 

 Stuart of Dunearn, and bred by Mr Muir, Grange ; the 

 other a pair of heifers of the Highland breed, entered by 

 General Dalrymple of North Berwick, one bred by himself 

 and the other bred by Mr Dickson, Dunse. The judges 

 gave the prize to the West Highlanders. One of this pair, 

 that bred by General Dalrymple, was wonderfully fat, 

 though only forty months old. 



There were three entries of Blackfaced wethers, the 

 prize going to Mr Wilson, East Barns. Of Cheviot 

 wethers there were two entries, both by Mr Wilson, East 

 Barns, and both bred by Mr Gabriel Reed, near Golspie. 

 There were three exhibitors for the prize for boars. The 

 prize was cari-ied by Mr Rennie of Phantassie. It was noted, 

 however, that the Marquis of Tweeddale exhibited a better, 

 ' but as the boar was bred in England, he could not, by the 

 regulations, compete for the premium.' Having regard to 



