CHAPTER XXX. 



FIFTH SHOW AT GLASGOW, 1850. 



After a rest of a }'car, the Society appeared in great force 

 at Glasgow in 1850. The official report says of the exhi- 

 bition that it was ' not only the most extensive, but might 

 justly be characterised as the most successful ' yet held. 

 The show took place on the Green, and covered twenty 

 acres. Sweepstakes were arranged for Shorthorn bulls, 

 £2^ being given by the Society, and £2 from the 

 owner of each bull entered. The produce was a sum of 

 £70, which was expended on a piece of silver plate. The 

 winner of this prize was John Mason Hopper of New- 

 ham Grange, Middlesborough-on-Tees ; and the animal 

 with which he carried the prize was his bull Bellville 

 O^jd), which was first at Inverness show in 1846. The 

 official report says of the aged bull class that there 

 were ' five or six bulls shown superior to what have ever 

 been exhibited, at one time, at any meeting in the king- 

 dom ;' while Bellville's success ' established for himself the 

 enviable character of being the best bull of his time.' The 

 winner of the first prize in the regular class of aged bulls 

 was Anthony L. Maynard, Marton-le-Moor, Ripon, York, 

 the animal shown being Crusade 7938, by Cotherstone 

 6903. The first prize in the two-year-old class was won by 

 Samuel Wiley, Brandsby, with Van Dunck 10992, by Van 

 Dyke 7669. In the yearling class, the prize was won by 

 A. Cruickshank, Sittyton, with Velvet Jacket 10998, bred 

 by John Unthank, Netherscales, Penrith. In the cow class, 

 both first and second prizes were won by Richard Booth, 

 Warlaby ; the first with Charity, and the second with 

 Isabella Buckingham — these two cows having stood in the 

 same position at the August show in 1849 of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. In the class of pairs of 



