THIRD SHOW AT ABERDEEN, 1 847. 293 



Wellhouse ; Ferguson Simpson, Pitfour ; James Cochrane, 

 Glasgoforest ; Jas. Douglas, Athelstaneford ; James Grant 

 Duff of Eden ; Wm. Gibson of Easter Kinmundy ; James 

 Hay, Little Ythsie ; Andrew Longmore, Rettie ; Crawford 

 Noble, Berryhill ; Messrs Philip, Portstown ; the trustees of 

 late William Tower of Kinaldie. 



The foregoing list is interesting as illustrating the 

 degree of diffusion of Shorthorn bulls in the north in 1847. 

 Shorthorn cows were, however, in much fewer hands. 

 While there were forty-three exhibitors of bulls, entries of 

 cows were only made by twelve breeders. The first prize 

 for single cows was won by Wm. Hay, Shethin, with a cow 

 named Fancy, bred by himself, out of Bright Eyes, got from 

 the stock of Mr Grey, Millfield Hill. Mr Hay was also first 

 in the class of pairs of cows, with animals both bred by him- 

 self, one out of a Wanton cow, and the other out of a cow 

 by Anthony 1640. Mr Hay's success in the female classes 

 was almost complete, for he won first prizes in all the 

 classes in which he exhibited, being first alike for two-year- 

 old heifers, pairs of heifers, and yearlings. The whole were 

 bred by himself The success was the more remarkable 

 that, in these classes, there were entries by Mr Barclay 

 Allardice, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Mr Douglas, Athel- 

 staneford. The prize in the class of pairs of yearling 

 heifers was won by Amos Cruickshank with a pair bred by 

 himself, the one by Granite 7047, and the other by Fairfax 

 Royal. 



Of the Polled breed, there was a very large display. 

 The classes were open to Gallowa}'s, but only Aberdeen 

 and Angus appeared. Altogether, there were in the Aber- 

 deen and Angus sections 104 entries. The first prize in 

 the aged' bull class was won by Mr Watson, Keillor ; the 

 second falling to Sir Thomas Burnett, Bart, of Leys, for an 

 animal bred at Keillor ; and the third to Patrick Grassick, 

 Glenlogie, for an animal of the Aberdeen breed, bred by 

 himself The exhibitors in the class included Arthur 

 Glennie, Fernyflatt ; T. Collier, Hatton ; Charles Sangster, 

 Pitgair ; James Walker, Wester Fintray ; Wm. M'Combie, 

 Tillyfour, who showed a four-year-old, bred by William 



