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considering that the animals placed before his were greatly 

 better. He proposed the Successful Competitors, and 

 coupled the toast with Mr Richard Booth of "VVarlaby, and 

 Mr Douglas, Athelstaneford. Mr Booth, in replying, said 

 he would have been a more frequent exhibitor in Scotland, 

 but it generally happened that the Yorkshire Society's 

 show occurred in the same week as the Highland Society's 

 exhibition. This )-ear, however, the Royal English Society 

 holding their show at Leeds, the Yorkshire had no exhi- 

 bition, so that he was free to go to Scotland. He remarked 

 that it was not the first time his name had appeared on 

 their lists. It was indeed twenty-one years since the name 

 of Booth first appeared there, but he hoped it would be 

 kept there in future — a hope, we may add, which has not 

 yet been realized. 



In 1862, the Highland Society joined in the Inter- 

 national Exhibition, held at Battersea in connection with 

 the Great Exhibition of that year, in the week commencing 

 Monday, 23rd June. The Battersea show was under the 

 management of the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 

 land, which offered the prizes for all classes of stock except 

 special Scotch breeds of cattle, horses, and sheep, for which 

 the premiums were offered by the Highland Society. 



Winners in the Shorthorn classes contained some 

 Scotch exhibitors. Mr Stirling of Keir had the distin- 

 guished honour of carrying the first prize in the two-year- 

 old bull class with Forth 17866. The third prize in the 

 class was won by Mr Balfour of Whittingham with Great 

 Seal 19905. In the yearling class the first prize was gained 

 by Mr Marjoribanks of Bushey Grove, Avith the roan 

 Whipper-in 191 39, afterwards sold to the Duke of Rich- 

 mond for 160 guineas. Jonas Webb's first prize calf the 

 white First Fruits 1975 1, was one of the wonders of the 

 show. Mr Webb showed in the cow class five beautiful 

 animals of rare excellence, but only one got a prize, and 

 that only a third. The first prize in the cow class went to 

 the one entry by Richard Booth of Warlaby, the young red 

 and white Queen of the Ocean ; Lady Figot taking the 



