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and for catalogues amounting to ^^3308 8s. 6d., or nearly 

 double the sum obtained at the preceding show at 

 Dumfries. 



At the dinner which followed, the Earl of Galloway 

 presided, and Mr Maxwell of Munches officiated as croupier. 

 Among those present were Provost Smith, Dumfries ; Lord 

 Herries, Sir Alexander Jardine, Sir Thomas Gladstone, 

 Sir Herbert E. Maxwell, Mr Vans Agnew, M.P., Mr Mark 

 Stewart, M.P., Colonel Walker of Crawfordton, Captain 

 Maxwell of Terregles, Mr Gillon of Wallhouse, Mr 

 Jardine of Castlemilk. The Earl of Galloway, in giving 

 the toast of the evening, congratulated the Society first on 

 having come to a very picturesque neighbourhood ; secondly, 

 on having been received in what he might say was a land 

 of eternal sunshine ; and thirdly, on having received the 

 welcome of what he might designate as Caledonia's southern 

 metropolis. It was suggested to him that he was putting 

 the congratulations the wrong way, and that he ought 

 rather to congratulate Dumfries on having been honoured 

 with the company of the Society. He was quite sure he 

 spoke the sentiments of every Dumfriesian and Gallovidian 

 when he said the oftener the Society honoured them by 

 coming to see what sort of stock they kept, the better 

 would they be pleased ; and from certain little facts that 

 had been brought under his notice, he hoped that some 

 encouragement had been given to the Society to return to 

 Dumfries. Mr Vans Agnew gave the Judges of the show, 

 to which Mr Gillon of Wallhouse replied, congratulating 

 Dumfriesshire on having produced the best class of stud 

 horses and roadsters that he had ever seen at a Highland 

 Society's show out of Edinburgh or Glasgow. Mr Jardine 

 of Castlemilk proposed the Successful and Unsuccessful 

 Competitors. Mr Cunningham, Tarbreoch, replied, ob- 

 serving as to the Galloways that they were the best show 

 of the class he had ever seen in any of the Society's shows. 

 Sir Herbert Maxwell gave The Tenantry of Scotland, a 

 body of men, he said, who had many difficulties to contend 

 with, and he could testify to the patience, energy, and skill 

 with which they overcame them. He knew not what the 



