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Hardengreen, the first for dinmonts and gimmers ; while of 

 ewes there was only one pen, shown by James Fleming, 

 Carmuirs, Falkirk. In Border Leicesters, the first prize in 

 tups fell to Rev. R. W. Bosanquet, Rock, Alnwick ; in 

 dinmonts, to Thomas Simson, Blainslie ; in ewes, to George 

 Simson, Courthill ; and in gimmers, to J. & W. Dinning, 

 Nilstone Ridge. Of Cheviots, there were seventy-five 

 entries. James Brydon, Kinnelhead, Moffat, took the first 

 prizes in all the sections, tups, dinmonts, ewes, gimmers, 

 and lambs. John Archibald, Overshiels, had corre- 

 sponding success in Blackfaced, save that the best lambs 

 were found to be shown by Thomas Murray, Eastside, 

 whose ewes were second. No special prizes were offered 

 for Southdowns, which M^ere classed with ' other short- 

 woolled sheep.' The first prize tup, a Southdown, was 

 shown by R. Scot Skirving ; the first prize dinmont, a 

 Shropshire, was shown by the Earl of Strathmore ; the 

 first prize ewes, Southdowns, were shown by Sir W. Gordon 

 Gumming ; and the first prize gimmers were shown 

 by John Gordon of Parkhill, Aberdeenshire, and the 

 Earl of Strathmore, the two lots being of equal merit, the 

 former being Southdowns and the latter Shropshires. In 

 the section for long-woolled, other than Leicester, both 

 first prizes went to John Gibson, Woolmet, for Cotswolds. 



The sum drawn for admission and for catalogues was 

 ;^4078 4s. 6d., being more than ;^iooo over the amount 

 taken two years previously at Glasgow. 



At the dinner after the show, the Duke of Buccleuch 

 presided, and Lord Kintore was croupier. Among those 

 present were the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Earl of 

 Dalkeith, Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell, Sir Thos. Gladstone, 

 Admiral Sir Wm. Hope Johnstone, Lord Herries, the Hon. 

 George Waldegrave Leslie, Sir Hew Dalrymple, Sir James 

 Gardiner Baird, Sir William Forbes, Sir G. Macpherson 

 Grant. Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell had the honour of 

 returning thanks for the Successful Competitors, having 

 shown only five animals, for which he carried three first 

 prizes, a second prize, and a commendation. 



