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counties of Roxburgh and Berwick. There were also seve- 

 ral lots from Northumberland and Durham. The first prize 

 went to Mr Mason, Chilton, and the second to the Duke of 

 Buccleuch. In the class of shearling tups of the Leicester 

 breed, there were twenty-two entries, amongst the exhi- 

 bitors being Mr Mason, Chilton, and Ralph Compton, 

 New Learmouth, Northumberland. The first prize was 

 carried by Mr Mason, and the second by John Wilson, 

 Edington Mains, Berwickshire. Of Leicester ewes there 

 were six entries, the prize going to Mr Ogden, Harrietfield ; 

 and in the class of gimmers four entries, the prize being 

 given to Mr Wilson, Edington Mains. Mr Wilson had also 

 the prize for dinmonts. The entries in the Cheviot and 

 Blackfaced sections were not so numerous. 



There were ten stallions of the Clydesdale breed, and 

 the first prize went to Adam Walker of Muirhouselaw. Of 

 stallions of the Cleveland breed there were four entries, 

 the prize being gained by Messrs Shepherd & Weir, Waver- 

 ton, Cumberland. Among the implements shown were two 

 reaping machines, one by Joseph Mann, Raby, Cumberland, 

 and the other by Thomas Ferguson, Kelso, this latter ' being 

 submitted as an improvement on Bell's reaper.' 



The sum taken at the gates was £i2g. 



After the show there followed three dinners, three 

 places of meeting being rendered necessary by the large 

 number of gentlemen present. A party of 280 dined in the 

 Assembly Rooms, under the presidency of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch ; a second party of nearly 240 assembled in the 

 Town Hall, the Marquis of Tweeddale being in the chair ; 

 while another party, numbering nearly sixty, dined at the 

 Queen's Head Inn, Mr Scott of Raeburn being chairman. 

 One of the toasts at the meeting was proposed by the 

 Duke of Buccleuch, to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, 

 which he gave in a speech distinguished by much feeling. 

 Mr Youatt, of the Veterinary College of London, was 

 present, and proposed the health of Mr Dick, Veterinary 

 Surgeon, Edinburgh. The Marquis of Tweeddale made 

 special reference to the presence at the show of Mr Mason, 

 Chilton, and Mr Blamire, M.P. 



