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descended from a celebrated bull of the name of Duke, 

 their dams being Nell Gwynne and Harriet Wilson, two 

 cows of the purest Teeswatcr blood.' As yet, Coates's 

 Herd Book had not found its way to the banks of the Tay. 



For the first time there appeared in the showyard bulls 

 and cows of the Angus breed. With one exception, they 

 were all exhibited by Mr Watson, Keillor. There were 

 two bulls, one exhibited by Mr Watson, and bred at 

 Keillor ; and the other shown by Captain Ogilvy of Airlie 

 Castle. The prize went to Mr Watson. Mr Watson 

 showed three cows, one of them described as a brown 

 cow, and the other two as black cows. The brown cow 

 was purchased from Peter Watson, Kirriemuir. The other 

 two were bred at Keillor. Mr Watson showed the only 

 Angus oxen exhibited. They were two years old, one pair 

 bred by the exhibitor, and the other by Mr Johnston, 

 Scryne. A contemporary notice of the show says — ' Great 

 and universal as was the admiration which was bestowed 

 on Mr Watson's bull, cow, and pair of oxen, it created 

 surprise that in such a county the shrinking from competi- 

 tion should be so complete. These oxen, however, were 

 certainly very remarkable, both from their symmetry and 

 size.* The bull shown by the Honourable Captain Ogilvy 

 in this class was an animal deserving notice.' Mr Watson 

 exhibited, and was awarded an extra premium for, 

 a lot of ten Angus cows and heifers, bred by himself. One 

 of the lot, a heifer, afterwards exhibited at Smithfield, 

 obtained there the medal in the class of extra stock. Her 

 weight was estimated to be 130 or 140 stones. The bone 

 of her fore leg was not thicker than that of the red deer, 

 and her inside fat was equal to a quarter of her whole 

 weight of beef 



There was only one entry for the prize offered for the 

 best pair of Aberdeenshire oxen. The animals were 

 entered by Robert Walker, Ferrygate, and they are stated 



* One of the pair of oxen exhibited by Mr Watson at the show is portrayed 

 in Youatt's book on Cattle, in which it is mentioned that the animal was sent 

 to a Smithfield Club Show, where he was particularly admired. When 

 slaughtered the meat was finely grained, and there were more than 240 lbs. of fat. 



