FIRST SHOW AT BERWICK, 1 84 1. 27 1 



The other cattle classes of the show were hardly worthy 

 of mention. Premiums were offered for cows of the Ayr- 

 shire and West Highland breeds, but none were entered. 

 The remaining premiums were for oxen, and of these few 

 were exhibited. There were only four entries of Polled 

 oxen, and the first prize was awarded to the Earl of Had- 

 dington for a pair bred in Aberdeenshire. 



The exhibition of horses was not large. There were 

 twenty-one stallions, nineteen mares, eleven colts, and 

 twelve fillies. The prizes (i^SO, £^0, and ;^20), for cart 

 stallions were won by — (i), Robert Bowie, Gilmidland, 

 Stirlingshire ; (2), Richard Thompson, Doddington, North- 

 umberland ; (3), David Broatch, Haithwaite, Cumberland. 

 The animal next in merit belonged to James Black, New 

 Heaton, Berwickshire. In the class of mares the first, 

 ^15, was carried by James Elliot, Lamberton, Berwick, 

 and the second, ^10, by Alexander Henderson, Longnid- 

 dry, East-Lothian. The animal next in merit belonged to 

 John Wilson of Cumledge. The prize {£10) for the best 

 mare for breeding hunters was won by John Hosick, 

 Hutton Mains, Berwickshire ; and the animal next in merit 

 belonged to David Skirving, Campton, East-Lothian. For 

 blood horses the prize (iJ"2o) went to Mr Robertson of 

 Ladykirk for his horse Dardanelles ; and the animal next 

 in merit was Mr Robertson's horse Patron. 



Next to the Shorthorns the great feature of the show 

 was the Leicester sheep, of which breed there was a large 

 display. Of aged tups there were no fewer than thirty-six 

 entries, and of shearlings as many as fifty-two. Altogether 

 there were 138 lots of sheep, comprising 338 animals. A 

 good deal of discussion took place as to the merits of the 

 pure Leicester, some visitors expressing doubts as to fine- 

 ness of the Border sheep. The prizes of forty and fifteen 

 sovereigns for the best and second best tups were awarded 

 to John Simmons, Brockmill, Durham. The premium of 

 forty sovereigns for the best shearling tup was awarded to 

 the Duke of Buccleuch, who had only the single entry in 

 the class. The committee appointed for the purpose nomi- 

 nated Mr Gourlay Steell to paint the portrait of this 



