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Liverpool last year, and that handles so sweetly ; and still more 
clearly inferior to his beautiful yearling heifer, " Mayflower." 
The latter animal was, in the opinion of many, the nicest in 
the class, and we think she is one of the best specimens ol the 
Longhorn breed of modern times. In general contour she leaves 
little to be desired, her quality is fair, and her style and promise 
are satisfactory. 
It is worthy of mention here that the first volume of the 
• Longhorn Herd Book ' has just made its appearance in England, 
while the Society, formed three years ago, to promote the interests 
of this fine old breed, has already done good service. 
Scotch Cattle. 
Polled Angus or Aberdeen. — This rising and valuable beef- 
making Scotch breed was remarkably well represented. Fifteen 
were entered, and all were sent. Eight came from Tillyfour, 
six from Ballindalloch, and one from Keig. This section of 
the Show was distinguished not only by the presence of some 
very fine animals, but by what is even more creditable, the 
absence of anything approaching " a weed." Evidence of this 
was furnished by the fact that every one of the fifteen animals 
had either a prize ticket or an " Honourable Mention." This 
was not all the distinction that was in store for the " black 
skins," for to them fell the championship of the Exhibition. 
- The young bull class contaitied only two animals, " Pride," 
a well-bred fourteen-month-old, large-sized bull from Ballin- 
dalloch, and a tidy little fifteen-month-old youngster, shown 
and bred by Mr. M'Combie. The latter's dam, a ten-} ear-old 
cow, and the daughter of a Battersea winner in 1862, has since 
been sold at 80 guineas, and the former's dam cost 91 guineas 
two years ago, while his half-sisters were sold by auction lately 
at 100 and 91 guineas respectively, and his half-brother, only a 
few months old, at 100 guineas. Nevertheless, it cannot be 
said that either of the yearling Polled bulls at Paris was a 
first-class Showyard animal. The Tillyfour one was placed 
first. He was very good in front, and neat all over, but was 
not particularly well filled in the flank, and was not big for 
his age. Sir George Macpherson Grant's bull, on the other 
hand, was big and " outcoming ;" but he was sharp on the 
chine, and not so well made up as an animal of less growth 
would have been. 
The same combatants appeared in the old bull class, with a 
different result. Both bulls were just turned three years, and 
were bred by Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart. " Judge," 
shown by Sir George, was much larger than " Cluny," exhibited 
