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From Haddington, George Brown, Halls, and Mr Burnet, 

 Aberlady, showed each a bull, both bred by Mr Robertson 

 of Ladykirk ; and George Reid, Ballincrieff, exhibited 

 a bull bred by himself. From the county of Roxburgh, 

 John Dudgeon, Spylaw, showed a bull three and a half 

 years old, bred by John Hunt, Thornington. Ralph 

 Hogarth, Hay mount, showed two bulls, each over two 

 years old, the one bred by Mr Tait, Smailholm Mains, and 

 the other bred by Mr Robertson of Ladykirk. David 

 Macdougall, Caverton Mill, showed a bull two and a half 

 years old, bred by himself. Adam Walker, jr., Mainhouse, 

 exhibited a bull four and a half years old, bred by Mr 

 Archibald of Presson, Northumberland. From Benvick- 

 shire there were seven bulls — John Heriot, Ladykirk, 

 showed a bull two years old, bred by Mr Robertson of 

 Ladykirk, b}' whom he was presented to the exhibitor ; 

 Thos. Jopling, Castlclaw, showed two bulls bred by himself, 

 one two and a half years old and the other seventeen 

 months ; Mr Phipps Turnbull, Crooks, showed three bulls 

 bred by himself, one sixteen months old, the others each 

 two years ; John Wilson of Cumledge showed a bull two 

 and a half years old, bred by himself; and John Carnegie, 

 Edrom, sent forward a bull, the age of which is not stated. 

 The judges — the Marquis of Tweeddale, Mr Mason of 

 Chilton, Mr Charge of Newton, Darlington, and Mr Blamire, 

 M.P. for Cumberland — awarded the first prize of jCt^o to the 

 two-year-old bull exhibited by Mr Hogarth, and bred by 

 Mr Robertson of Ladykirk. He was white in colour, and 

 a contemporary account says that ' for symmetry and com- 

 pactness of body, fineness of horn, and kindliness of touch, 

 he could not be surpassed.' The second prize of ;!f40 was 

 awarded to Mr Dudgeon, Spylaw, for the bull bred by Mr 

 Hunt ; while the third prize of £t,o fell to Mr Crofton. 

 Unfortunately the certificates of pedigree lodged with the 

 Society have not been kept. Had they been extant, they 

 would have been interesting as leading to the identifica- 

 tion of animals which carried the honours on an occasion so 

 remarkable. A newspaper notice of the show speaks of 

 Mr Crofton's bull ' as directly descended from the late 



