CHAPTER XLI. 



THIRD SHOWS AT KELSO, 1872, AND AT STIRLING, 1873. 



In 1872, the Society once more visited the banks of the 

 Tweed, holding its show at Kelso. Of cattle there were 

 274 entries. Shorthorns numbered seventy-six. The first 

 prize in the aged bull class was won by John Outhwaite, 

 Bainesse, with Royal Windsor 29890 ; John Lamb, Burrell 

 Green, Penrith, taking the first honour in two-year-olds 

 with Ignoramus 28887 ; and Wm. Lambert, Elrington 

 Hall, the first in yearlings with Heather-bred Lad 31346. 

 In the female classes, the Duke of Buccleuch had a remark- 

 able success. He took the first prize in cows with Young 

 Cherry, the first in two-year-old heifers with Queen of 

 the Lothians, both by the sire Royal Errant 22780 ; and 

 the first prize in yearling heifers with Cherry Bud, a 

 daughter of Young Cherry. 



Of Angus or Aberdeen, there were sixty entries. Sir 

 Thomas Gladstone of Fasque took the first prize in the 

 class of aged bulls with Adrian 439 ; T. Leslie Melville 

 Cartwright the first in the two-year-old class with Colonel 

 of Castle Eraser 443 ; and Sir George Macpherson Grant 

 the first prize in yearlings with Scotsman 474. Mr 

 M'Combie, M.P., Tillyfour, took the first prize for cows 

 with Charmer 11 72, and for yearling heifers with Pride of 

 Alford 1778 ; and George Brown, Westertown, the first for 

 two-year-old heifers with Duchess 3rd 943. 



Of Galloways, there were forty entries. James Cun- 

 ningham, Tarbreoch, was awarded three first prizes — in 

 the aged bull class for Clansman 629, in the two-year-olds 

 for Pretender 617, and in cows for Maxwell 2139. The 

 cow Maxwell not proving in calf, the first premium passed 

 to Mr Cunningham's cow Jane. Mr Graham, Parcelstown, 

 took the first prize in both the heifer classes — in two-year- 



