CHAPTER XXXIX. 



FIFTH SHOW AT ABERDEEN, 1868, AND NINTH SHOW AT 

 EDINBURGH, 1869. 



In 1868 the Society were once more on the banks of the 

 Dee. There was a good show of cattle. Of Shorthorns there 

 were 120 entries as compared with 57 at Glasgow. In the 

 aged bull class the first prize was won by G. R. Barclay of 

 Keavil, with Heir of Englishman 24122 ; the first premium 

 in the two-year-old class going to George Marr, Cairn- 

 brogie, for Grand Prince 26308 ; Mr Barclay taking the 

 prize in the yearling class with Braithwaite 28066. In a 

 large class of cows the first prize was won by George 

 Shepherd, Shethin, with Lovely 9th ; while David Ainslie 

 of Costerton took first prizes both in the two-year-old and 

 yearling classes, the former with Thistledown and the latter 

 with Midsummer. This year the Society offered premiums 

 for bull and heifer calves. In the bull class only three 

 animals were entered, and in the heifer only six. The first 

 premium in bulls was won by John Copland, Mainshead, 

 Dumfries, and in heifers by Robert Scott, Manbeen, Elgin. 

 The Society did not repeat these premiums for calves. 



There was a large display of Angus or Aberdeen, 

 there being, in all, eighty-six entries. In the aged bull 

 class the first prize Avas won by Alexander Morison of 

 Bognie, with Odin 2nd 499; the first prize in the class of 

 two-year-olds being carried by Wm. M'Combie of Easter 

 Skene, with Caledonian 2nd 409 ; and in the yearhng class 

 by George Brown, Westertown, with March 355. In the 

 cows, the best was Lily 11 14, shown by Colonel Eraser of 

 Castle Eraser ; the best two-year-old heifer being Bess, 

 shown by James Skinner, Drumin ; and the best yearling 

 being Hopeful, shown by Mr M'Combie of Tillyfour. As 

 in the case of the Shorthorns, there were classes for calves, 



