CHAPTER XXXVII. 



SECOND SHOWS AT KELSO, 1863, AND STIRLING, 1864. 



It was with a sense of fitness that the first show after the 

 excursion into England should be held on the banks of the 

 Tweed at Kelso. The show-yard occupied a portion of 

 Springwood Park, and the meeting extended from the 4th 

 to the 6th of August. The show of stock was not large, but 

 the display of implements was the most extensive that had 

 yet been seen at any competition of the Society, there 

 being no fewer than iioo entries. Of cattle there were 

 only 245, of which sixty-two were Shorthorns, twenty-three 

 Polled Angus, twenty-five Galloways, ninety Ayrshires, and 

 twenty-four Highlanders. 



In the aged Shorthorn class the first prize went to Mr 

 Stirling of Keir, for Forth iy^66, now looking at his best. 

 The first prize two-year-old bull was Gamester 19809, 

 shown by William Lambert, Elrington Hall ; and the first 

 prize yearling bull was Conqueror 21469, shown by Messrs 

 Mitchell, Alloa. Of cows the first prize was won by Lady 

 Pigot, with Pride of Southwick ; the first prize two-year-old 

 being Flower Girl, shown by the Duke of Montrose; and 

 the first prize yearling heifer being Lady Windsor, shown 

 by Mr Balfour of Whittingham. Mr Douglas only won 

 second prizes at this show. He was second for yearling 

 bulls with Next of Kin 20405, second in cows with Queen 

 of Athelstane, and second in two-year-old heifers with 

 Pride of Athelstane. 



In Polled Aberdeen or Angus, Robert Walker, Port- 

 lethen, was first with Fox Maule 305 ; in the two-year-old 

 class Alexander Bowie, Mains of Kelly, was first with Jim 

 Crow 344 ; while in the yearling class there was only one 

 entry, a son of Prospero 302, shown by Thomas Lyell, 

 Shielhill. In cows, Mr Erskine Wemyss, M.P., Wemyss 

 Castle, Kirkcaldy, was first with Nancy, by Hanton 228 ; 



