CHAPTER XXII. 



SECOND SHOW AT DUMFRIES, 1837. 



In 1837 the Society visited, for the second time, Dumfries. 

 The show took place on Wednesday, 4th October, within 

 the New Markets and Mr Howat's field, English Street. 

 The premiums offered for Galloways were for bulls, cows, 

 heifers, &c. In West Highland and Aberdeen or Angus 

 Polled, premiums were only offered for oxen. There was 

 a comparatively small number of Galloway bulls, only 

 three aged bulls being shown, and the first prize going to 

 William Marshall, Kirkland. Of bull stirks there were 

 only four, the winner being Alexander Sproat, Brighouse, 

 Kirkcudbright. Of cows there was a large display, there 

 being nineteen entries. The winner of the first prize was 

 the Earl of Galloway, the breeder being Mr Hathorn of 

 Castlewig ; while the second prize went to William Sproat, 

 Borness, for an animal bred by himself. Mr Sproat also 

 carried the first prize for two-year-old queys, the second 

 being won by the Earl of Selkirk, and the third prize going 

 to Mr Stair H. Stewart of Physgill. 



Of Shorthorns there were six bulls. The first prize 

 went to William Mylne, Lochhill, Haddington, for a bull 

 bred by Adam Bogue, Limplum, and the second prize to 

 George Reid, Ballincrieff, Haddington, the breeder being 

 Mr Barclay Allardice of Ury, Of Shorthorn cows there 

 were only seven entries. W. T. Carruthers of Dormont had 

 three entries, one of them bred by Richard Booth, Studley, 

 another by John Grey, Millfield Hill, and the third by the 

 exhibitor. The prize, however, went to John S. Lyon of 

 Kirkmichael, Dumfries, for a cow bred by Mr Corrie, 

 Swinehall. 



Of Ayrshire bulls there were five aged, the winner 

 being Allan Kilpatrick, Milreoch. Of cows there were 



