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The first prize in the yearHng class was won by William 

 Hay, Shethin, Tarves, with Consul (a son of Lictor 6128), 

 bred at Shethin. The first prize cow was shown by Alex. 

 Lawson, Oldmills, being the same animal which, at the 

 Aberdeen show in 1840, carried the first prize as a yearling 

 heifer to her breeder, Mr Hutchison, Monyruy. The second 

 prize cow was shown by Alex. Sutherland, Shempston. 

 The other northern exhibitors in the cow class were Sir K. 

 Mackenzie of Gairloch ; Dr David Manson, Spynie ; and 

 the Duke of Richmond, both the latter showing cows bred 

 by James Grant Duff of Eden ; Hugh Ross of Cromarty, 

 who showed two, one bred by himself, and the other by Mr 

 Barclay Allardice of Ury ; Alex. Young, Main, Elgin, who 

 showed two, both bred by Ferguson Simpson, Mains of 

 Pitfour ; and James Ure, Maryburgh, near Dingwall, who 

 showed a young cow bred by himself The only cow 

 entered from south of the Grampians was by Charles 

 Stevenson, Redside, East Lothian. 



In the Polled breed, which included Galloways, the 

 first prize bull was Grey-breasted Jock 2, shown by Mr 

 Watson, Keillor ; the second prize going to Mr Walker, 

 Portlethen. The first prize for yearling bull was won by 

 Mr Eraser of Abertarff, near Eort-Augustus, for an animal 

 probably a Galloway, bred by himself The first prize in 

 cow class went to Alexander Craig, Kirkton, Golspie, a 

 breeder of Galloways; the second being won by J. C. 

 Brodie of Lethen, with an Aberdeenshire cow purchased 

 from Mr Mackintosh of Geddes. Robert Gentle, Dell, near 

 Inverness, was an exhibitor of Galloways. Lord Lovat 

 exhibited an Aberdeen or Angus bull and cow. Alex. 

 Young, Main, Elgin, also showed an Aberdeenshire bull 

 and cow. General Sir John Rose of Holme also showed 

 an Aberdeen bull, bred by Mr Ramsay of Barra, and a cow 

 bought from Mr Strother, Broomhill, Aberdeenshire. Peter 

 Brown, Linkwood, had the prize for best pair of four-year- 

 old oxen, with animals bred by J. Cargill, East Seaton, and 

 purchased from G. Knowles, Aberdeen ; and the first prize 

 for best pair of three-year-olds, bred by John Thom, Uras. 



Prizes were offered for Aberdeenshire Horned bulls, 



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