654 Report on the Cattle Exhibited at Windsor. 
The Second Prize aged bull, "Esquire," exhibited by Mr. 
Andrew Mackenzie, was bred at Ballindalloch Castle, and is a son 
of Sir George Macpherson Grant's " Iliad," from " Elba," a 
daughter of the Kilburn champion bull " Young Viscount," 
whose name in the history of the breed seems likely to be a 
prominent one for years to come. " Esquire" is a bull of the sort 
that often does a great deal of good where bulls of more imposing 
presence fail to do so much. He is short-legged and thick — 
American critics might say "smooth," a term which in their 
phraseology does not mean sleek-coated, but free from hills and 
valleys on the surface. He is a bigger bull than he looks. An- 
other son of " Moss Trooper," and on the dam's side also closely 
related to the champion bull, was the Dowager Countess of 
Seafield's " Epigram," a bull of good form with admirable back, 
ribs, and quarters, winner of the Third Prize in the Class. 
Sir G. Macpherson Grant's "Plutarch," another of "Hiad's" 
stock, had the Reserve Number. Mr. Alexander Strachan 
exhibited " Champagne," a really good son of " Moss Trooper," 
bred at Guisachan, and Major Dent sent his handsome Ballindal- 
loch bull " Janus." 
First in her Class, champion female, and Reserve for the 
Queen's Gold Medal, was Mr. George Wilken's " Waterside 
Matilda 2ud," bred by Mr. Law. She had been carrying all 
before her in Scotland, yet had nothing like a walk-over at 
Windsor, for the competition appeared to be very strong, and 
the numlDer of first-rate cows brought before the Judges made 
the issue seem to outsiders very doubtful. The Royal herd at 
Abergeldie Mains was represented. There were the Marquis 
of Huntly's " St. Anna" (a perfect picture of the ideal highly- 
bred polled cow), whose daughter " St Agnes " was first in 
the Two-year-old Class; Lord Tweedmoutli's "Pride of 
Guisachan 20th," a lineal descendant of " Pride of Aber- 
deen " ; Mr. Clement Stephenson's " Abbess Royal," half sister 
to his " Albion," the First Prize yearling bull ; and there 
were Sir G. Macpherson Grant's " Elegy," Mr. Wallis's 
" Althea," Miss Morison Duncan's " Melissa Grace," Mr. Owen's 
*' Princess Matilda," Mr. Farquharson's " Sally of Haughton," 
and other good animals, which made a dazzling display, delight- 
ful in the variety of individualities within one distinctive type. 
The Judges picked out " Elegy " and " Matilda 2nd " (their 
choice was generally approved), and eventually awarded to the 
latter the honours already mentioned. If the Waterside cow 
had not been just a trifle past her best condition for show, it is 
questionable whether the final contest for the Queen's Gold 
Medal should not have ended differently, although, in judging 
