THIRD SHOW AT STIRLING, 1 873. 389 



John Marjoribanks of Lees, Colonel Kinloch, and others. 

 The toast of the Agricultural Society of Ireland was 

 acknowledged by Rev. R. W. Bagot, who adverted to im- 

 provements in land management, and expressed the hope 

 that there would some day be offered a prize for the 

 best 100 acres of crop grown either in England, Ireland, or 

 Scotland. The toast of the Successful Competitors was 

 given by Sir Robert Menzies, and acknowledged by Sir 

 George Macpherson Grant. 



Stirling was the place of rendezvous in 1873. There 

 were 406 cattle. Shorthorns numbered 8^. The first prize 

 aged bull, Earl of Derwent 28503, was shown by Robert 

 Coulson, Coastley, Hexham ; the first prize two-year-old, 

 Heather-bred Lad 31346, was exhibited by Wm. Lambert. 

 Elrington Hall ; and the first yearling, Bywell SS^^^y was 

 shown by Alexander Buchanan, Whitehouse. The first 

 prize cow, Primrose, was shown by A. H. Browne, Bank 

 House, Acklington ; the first two-year-old heifer. Hawthorn, 

 was exhibited by W. A. Mitchell, Auchnagathle, Aberdeen- 

 shire ; while the first prize yearling heifer, Cawlina 4th, was 

 shown by Her Majesty the Queen from the Prince Consort's 

 Shaw Farm, Windsor. We may note that Her Majesty 

 won a fourth prize in the two-year-old heifer class with 

 Alice. 



Of Angus or Aberdeen, there were 68 entries. T. 

 Leslie Melville Cartwright won the first prize in the aged 

 bull class with Colonel of Castle Eraser 443 ; the first prize 

 in the two-year-olds being gained by Alex. Bowie, Mains 

 of Kelly, with Gainsborough 596 ; the first for yearling 

 bulls going to the Earl of Eife's Altanour 641. In cows, 

 Sir George Macpherson Grant won the first prize with 

 Bertha 980 ; Mr Tayler of Glenbarry the first place in two- 

 year-olds with Kate 2nd 1482 ; while the first prize for 

 yearlings went to Mr M'Combie of Easter Skene for Young 

 Grizzle 1807. 



There were two score Galloways. James Cunningham, 

 Tarbreoch, gained the first prize in aged bulls with Pre- 

 tender 617, and the first in yearling heifers with Alice 



