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Sir James the Rose 15290; the second going to Mr 

 Bethune of Blebo for Young California. In the yearhng 

 class, I\Ir Stirling of Keir won first honours with Hiawatha 

 14705 ; while the second prize went to Athelstaneford for 

 Benedict Balco 141 59. Both these bulls were sons of 

 Captain Balco 12546. Mr Douglas won first and second 

 prizes in the cow class with Rose of Athelstane and Ring- 

 let ; the third premium going to Keir. In the two-year-old 

 heifer class, Messrs Turnbull, Bonhill Place, Dumbarton, 

 won first and third prizes ; and Wm. Tod, Elphinstone 

 Tower, gained the second. In the yearling heifers, Mr 

 Douglas won the first prize with Bride of Lammermoor, a 

 daughter of the second prize cow Ringlet ; and the second 

 premium with 3rd Queen of Trumps. 



In the section of Polled Angus or Aberdeen, Mr 

 Bowie, Mains of Kelly, and Mr M'Combie, Tillyfour, with 

 Mr Walter M'Culloch, Kirkclaugh, were judges. The first 

 prize aged bull was Druid 225, shown by the Earl of 

 Southesk, the second and third prizes being, respectively, 

 awarded to Robert Walker, Portlethen, for Marquis 212, and 

 Raglan of Portlethen 208. John Collie, Ardgay, won the 

 first prize in the two-year-old class ; the second prize going 

 to Mr Leslie, The Thorn, for Hanton 4th 31. Among the 

 cows, the first prize animal was Nightingale 262, shown by 

 Mr Walker, Portlethen ; the second and third being ex- 

 hibited by the Earl of Southesk, the former being Kathleen 

 of Kinnaird 339, and the latter Dulcinea 334. In the class 

 of heifers, George Brown, Westertown, won the first prize, 

 with the heifer which was first as a yearling at Inverness ; 

 the second going to John Collie, Ardgay ; and the third to 

 Mr Brown, for Irene 311. 



In the Galloways, among the aged bulls, the first prize 

 was awarded to Mr Wardlaw Ramsay, of Whitehill, for 

 Wellington 22 ; the second to John Cunningham, White- 

 cairn ; and the third to Wm. Irvine, Barndennoch. James 

 Beattie, Newbie House, Annan, was the only exhibitor of 

 two-year-old bulls, and he had both prizes, the first prize- 

 winner being Mosstrooper 3rd 279. James Graham, Meikle 

 Culloch, was first in the cow class with Hannah 214, Allan 



