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ford, Abington, for ewes. Cheviots numbered sixty-seven. 

 Thomas Elliot, Hindhope, took the first prize for tups ; 

 Thomas Welsh, Ericstane, INIoffat, the first prize for din- 

 monts ; James Brydon, Kinnelhead, the first for ewes; and 

 James Archibald, Glengelt, the first for gimmers. Border 

 Leicesters formed the most numerous of the sheep sections, 

 numbering ninety-four. George Hope, Fenton Barns, took 

 the first prize for tups ; James Clark, Oldhamstocks Mains, 

 the first for dinmonts ; George Laing, Wark, the first 

 for ewes ; and John Lees, Marvingston, Haddington, the 

 first for gimmers. At this show no premiums were offered 

 for Leicesters. In the two classes for long-woolled sheep, 

 other than Border Leicesters, Thomas Wilkin, Tinwald 

 Downs, Dumfries, carried both prizes with ' Improved Lin- 

 coln ' sheep. In Southdowns, R. Scot Skirving carried the 

 first prizes both for tups and ewes. Premiums were this 

 year offered for Shropshire tups and ewes, and both the 

 first prizes were carried by the Earl of Strathmore. In the 

 sections for short-woolled sheep, other than Southdown and 

 Shropshire, the first prize for tups was won by John P. 

 M'Pherson, Muirton, Kinloss, with an Oxford Down. There 

 was no award in the ewe class. 



The sum drawn for admission and for catalogues 

 amounted to £22'jo is. 2d. 



There was a small attendance at the dinner. The 

 chair was occupied by Lord Provost Puller, who was sup- 

 ported by Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell, Sir Thos. Gladstone, 

 Mr Williamson of Lawers, Mr Young of Cleish, &c. Sir Wm. 

 Stirling-Maxwell, in giving the National Societies of Eng- 

 land and Ireland, coupled the toast with Mr Jacob Wilson, 

 who had acted as a judge of Leicesters, and who, in his 

 reply, complimented the Society on its admirable arrange- 

 ments, stating that, at Wolverhampton, the Royal Society 

 had 50,000 people, but had lost money by it ; whilst the 

 Scotch Society appeared to have secured that the show was 

 not more successful as an agricultural exhibition than 

 financially. The toast of the Successful Competitors was 

 coupled with the name of Sir George Macpherson Grant, 

 and replied to, in his absence, by Mr Fleming, Marionburgh. 



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