374 Report of the Stewards of Stock at the Battersea Show. 
view tliey wei'e placed under Mr. Maxwell's charge, and en- 
camped close to the yard, in marquees hired from Messrs. 
Edgington, and fitted up with new beds and bedding, kindly 
issued from the Tower by Lord de Grey. A certain number of 
them were on duty every night, and each day they were taken in 
detachments, at the Highland Society's expense, to the Exhibi- 
tion and the Crystal Palace. The only stipulation with their 
employers was, that they should be sent up well dressed in 
Scottish materials, and certainly a more respectable looking and 
better behaved body of men were never brought together. 
Of the cattle classes the judges speak thus : — 
"Polled Aberdeen and Angus, Class I. — The first prize was awarded to 
Mr, Lyell's ' Prospero,' a bull of very fine quality, but small in size ; and 
the second to Earl Southesk's ' Druid,' perhaps in some respects better, but 
his age (8 years) was against him for breeding purposes ; as a class they 
made a fair show. The first in Class II., Mr. Pierson's ' Young Alford,' 
and the first and second in Class III., Mr. McCombie's ' Rifleman,' and 
Mr. Lj-ell's ' Commodore Trunnion,' were good, but neither class was above 
an average. The cows were very good, I have not seen better ; Mr. McCombie 
here took first prizes with his ' Pride of Aberdeen ' and ' Charlotte.' 
Mr. McCombie was again first and second with his two year-old heifers, 
and Earl Southesk third, all with good animals in an average class. His 
Lordship was first with 'Eosetta' in Class VI., which was certainly not 
above an average. Polled Galloways, Class I., Mr. Beattie's ' Mosstrooper 
the 3rd,' a bull, first-rate of his kind, gained the first prize against three 
good animals. There ■s\"as no entry in Class II., and only t^vo in Class III. 
I have seen better animals than Mr. Pjeattie's ' Bridesmaid ' by ' Mosstrooper 
3rd,' and the Duke of Buccleuch's ' McGill,' the first and second in the 
Cow Class ; the first and second heifers in Classes V. and VI. were pretty fair. 
TJie Highland cattle were not numerous ; but, with some exceptions, of con- 
siderable merit; as a class the Aged Bulls were particularly good, and the 
first prize one, Mr. John Malcolm's ' Duntroon,' seldom equalled. The two 
bulls exhibited in the other classes were only of ordinary quality. I ex- 
pected to have found the Cow Class better, but I have seldom seen finer 
animals than the three-year-old heifers, and I consider the Marquis of 
Breadalbane's ' Prosaig ' the best female in these classes, in wliich Mr. Jolm 
Malcolm gained two, and the Marquis of Breadalbane three of the first 
prizes. 
" The Ayrshire Stock were fairly represented in all 'the classes, except, 
perhaps, Class III., and more were exhibited than I expected. The Diike of 
Hamilton's first prize bull 'Sir Colin' is as fine a bull of his kind as can 
be found an3nvhere, and the first prize two-year-old bull, Mr. John Stewart's 
' Carnal ' is also a good animal. The Duke of Athole's first prize cow ' Colly 
Hill,' although advancing in years, is a very fine one, with great capacities 
for the pail. This cow was, with her neatly-dressed milk-maid, one of the 
special attractions of the show, and milking time was most keenly looked 
for by the visitors. The Dukes of Atliolc and Hamilton and Mr. John Stewart 
took all the prizes in this class. 
" J7/e Black-faced Sheep, the principal prizes for which were awarded to 
Messrs. Drife, Sandi lands, and Pollok, made up an excellent show, quite above 
the average of any I have seen. Mr. Pollok's first prize pen of old ewes 
were remarkably good, and in the other classes the competition was very 
equal." 
