CHAPTER XXIV. 



SECOND SHOW AT INVERNESS, 1839. 



In 1839 the Society migrated to Inverness. On the day 

 before the show, at the committee meeting, Mr Heriot, 

 Ladykirk, read a paper on Shorthorn Breeding, and a paper 

 was read by the Marquis of Tweeddale on Draining. These 

 papers heralded an interesting competition in the showyard 

 on the following day, Thursday, 3rd October. The show 

 was held in the Academy Park, as on the former visit. 

 The first place in the prize list was occupied by the West 

 Highland breed. There were a dozen entries in the class 

 of aged bulls, the first prize going to an animal belonging 

 to and bred by Alexander Stewart, Mains of Dalvey, 

 Strathspey. The second prize was awarded to Donald 

 Cameron of Lochiel. In the class of two-year-old bulls 

 there were only six entries, the prize going to Mr Camp- 

 bell, Ballachroan. In breeding cows there was a large 

 muster, there being as many as twenty-one entries. The 

 first prize was gained by Messrs Stewart, Inverscaddle, 

 Argyleshire, with an animal, six years old, which was of 

 such beauty that it was recommended that it should be 

 painted. The second prize went to Dugald Gilchrist 

 of Ospisdale, Sutherland, and the third to the Duke of 

 Sutherland. Mr Brown, Linkwood ; Mr Grant Duff of 

 Eden ; and Mr Cameron, Corrychoillie, were among the 

 exhibitors in the class. Of pairs of two-year-old heifers 

 there were only three entries. The first prize went to the 

 Duke of Sutherland. 



In Shorthorns, prizes were offered for bulls calved after 

 January 1832, and yearling bulls, and bull calves. In the 

 class of aged bulls, two were exhibited by the Duke of 

 Richmond, one bred by Earl Spencer, the other by Mr Bar- 

 clay Allardice of Ury ; three were from the county of Ross, 



