402 HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the dinner in the Town and County Hall, the Earl 

 of Strathmore presided, and the Earl of Aberdeen was 

 vice-chairman. Among those present were the Marquis of 

 Huntly, Lord Provost Jamieson, the Hon. G. Waldegrave 

 Leslie, Sir James D. H. Elphinstone, M.P., R. W. Duff, 

 M.P., General Sir Alexander Gordon, M.P., Sir Thomas 

 Gladstone of Fasque, Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, Sir 

 Robert Menzies of Menzies, Colonel Innes of Learney, 

 Mr Gillon of Wallhouse, Colonel Gordon of Fyvie, Mr 

 Farquharson of Haughton, Mr Tayler of Glenbarry, Col. 

 Ramsay of Straloch, Colonel Kinloch-Grant of Logie, Mr 

 Grant of Druminnor, Mr Nicol of Ballogie, Mr Mackenzie 

 of Portmore. Lord Strathmore, in giving the toast of the 

 evening — the Highland Society — contrasted the entries and 

 prize money at Aberdeen in 1834 with those of 1876. The 

 entries in 1834 were 552, and in 1876, about 3100 ; while 

 the prize money was, in the former year, £62"/, and in the 

 latter, ^^2400. Mr Cochrane, Little Haddo, returned thanks 

 for the Successful Competitors, and Mr Copland, Ardlethen, 

 for the Tenantry. 



The next show (1877) was held at Edinburgh, on the 

 Meadows. At this exhibition the very large sum of ^2714 

 was offered in premiums, being upwards of £1 100 in excess 

 of the amount offered at the previous meeting at Edinburgh 

 in 1869. 



The cattle numbered in all 339. There were eighty 

 Shorthorns. The first premium in aged bulls was carried 

 by A. H. Browne, Doxford, Chathill, with Pioneer 35042; 

 C. S. Home Drummond Moray of Abercairny taking the 

 first premium in two-year-olds with Master Tree ; and 

 Thomas Willis, jun., Manor House, Carperby, the first in 

 yearlings with Vice-Admiral 39257. In cows, Robert 

 Bruce, Manor House, Great Smcaton, took first premium 

 with Miss Fox ; Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn of Smeaton 

 winning the first premium in two-year-olds with Lady 

 Helen ; and William Linton, Sheriff Hutton, York, the first 

 premium in yearlings with Carnation 2nd. 



Of Aberdeen or Angus there were seventy-five entries. 



