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official prize list is the ' Aberdeenshire Breed.' The class, 

 however, was specially appropriated to the Aberdeenshire 

 Horned breed, there being another class appropriated to 

 the Aberdeen and Angus Polled. Of the Aberdeenshire 

 Horned, there was only a very small representation, show- 

 ing, as was remarked at the time, that already the Polled 

 breed was the more favoured by the modern breeders of 

 the district. There was only one Aberdeenshire Horned 

 bull shown. It was from Gordon Castle. Of cows of that 

 breed only eight were shown, the exhibitors being the 

 Duke of Gordon ; Mr Boswell of Balmuto ; Chas. Chalmers 

 of Rothiebrisbane, Avhose cow was bred by Mr Morison of 

 Auchintoul ; George Leslie of Rothie, who exhibited three 

 cows ; ]\Ir Mennie, Caldhame, Kincardine ; and William 

 Stephen, Millden, Aberdeen. The prize in the class of 

 cows was awarded to George Leslie of Rothie, who would 

 have also carried the second prize, if the regulations had 

 permitted. The second prize fell to the cow from Gordon 

 Castle. Of heifers of the Aberdeen Horned breed, there 

 were only two two-year-olds and one }-earling, the exhibi- 

 tors being Mr Boswell of Balmuto, and Mr Walker, Suttie, 

 Of pairs of oxen under five years, a very good lot was 

 shown by Alexander Keith, Nctherthird, one of which was 

 bred by Mr Milne, and the other by Mr Blaikie. 



A great feature of this first show at Aberdeen was the 

 appearance made by Polled cattle. Of these there were 

 sixteen bulls and seventeen cows. A very large proportion 

 of the animals were from the county of Aberdeen ; but it 

 is remarkable that, though this was the case, with the ex- 

 ception of two honours gained by the Earl of Kintorc, all 

 the prizes went to the south of the Dee. The exhibitors of 

 bulls comprised the Earl of Aboyne ; John Glennie, Ken- 

 nerty; W. Gordon of Aberdour; John Hardy, jr., Kirkton, 

 Fraserburgh ; David Moir, Mains of Knockhall ; James 

 Morison, Balhaggarty ; John Reid, Guise of Tough ; John 

 Ronaldson, Bogfechel ; B. C. Urquhart of Byth ; Henry 

 Youngson, Cairntradlyn ; all in the county of Aberdeen. 

 From Forfarshire there were only three bulls, one by David 

 Hillocks, Finhaven ; the other two were both from Mr 



