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fair  in  his  quarters,  but  roughish  in  the  neck,  and  finished 
second  best.  Mr.  Wilken’s  cost  110  guineas  last  spring,  and 
had  for  dam  one  of  the  late  Mr.  M‘Combie’s  famous  “ Paris  ” 
group,  while  the  sire  was  the  son  of  another  of  that  distinguished 
lot.  This  yearling  is  above  the  average  size,  and  has  no  very 
decided  defect,  if  not  much  that  could  be  called  grand.  He 
was  fairly  enough  first.  Mr.  Stephenson’s  third  and  fourth 
bulls,  bred  by  himself,  were  strong  and  well  fleshed— the  former 
beinsr  an  “ Erica  ” and  the  latter  a “ Ruth.”  The  “ Erica  ” one 
has  strong  massive  quarters,  but  rather  a weak  back.  The  other 
would  be  improved  by  more  spring  of  rib. 
There  was  evidently  only  one  house-fed  animal  in  the  Cow 
Class,  and  she  was  considered  by  the  Judges  to  be  too  fat. 
There  were  fatter  animals  in  the  prize  list,  but  not  of  that 
breed  ; and  the  rest  having  been  moderately  fed,  her  high  state 
of  obesity  was  all  the  more  pronounced,  and  the  Judges  set 
Mr.  Wilken’s  exhibit  aside  accordingly.  Seven  of  the  ten  cows 
entered  were  paraded.  There  was  nothing  like  a clear  first  in 
the  lot.  Eventually  the  Judges  settled  on  a Rothiemay-bred 
eight-year-old  of  Mr.  Egginton’s,  with  round  ribs,  level  loin, 
good  hind-quarters,  and  feminine  head  and  ear.  Her  breeding 
qualities  were  certified  by  the  calf  at  foot,  and  still  more 
impressively  by  the  excellence  of  her  two-year-old  daughter, 
which  topped  a good  class,  and  had  also  a nice  calf  at  foot. 
Mr.  Stephenson’s  second  cow,  bred  at  East  Tulloch,  Stonehaven, 
has  more  substance  than  the  victor,  being  very  thick  behind  the 
shoulder,  but  not  so  long  in  the  quarter.  The  third,  from 
Bradley  Hall,  bred  at  Rothiemay,  is  one  of  the  Ballindalloch 
“Nosegays,”  and  had  the  best  head  and  neck  in  the  class,  with 
good  quarters,  but  she  had  not  strength  enough  on  the  loins  to 
take  a higher  place.  The  others  in  the  class  were  fairly  good. 
The  Two-year-old  Heifer  Class  was,  like  that  of  cows,  perplexing 
to  judge.  Considerable  allowance  must  have  been  made,  and 
not  improperly,  for  Mr.  Egginton’s  first  heifer,  already  alluded 
to,  being  under  milk.  In  the  circumstances  she  is  of  large  size, 
and  has  good  quarters,  though  a little  bareness  over  the  chine. 
Milking  so  early  would  aggravate,  if  not  occasion,  the  latter. 
Mr.  Wallis’s  “ May  Queen,”  of  the  Advie  “ Old  Rose  ” tribe,  and  a 
225-guinea  purchase  at  the  Advie  sale  last  autumn,  had  possibly 
the  best  body  of  any  animal  of  the  breed  in  the  Show.  Her  quarters 
are  shapely  and  well  packed  ; loin,  rib,  shoulders,  and  back  are 
quite  in  harmony  with  the  proportionate  quarters.  She  is  too 
short  of  neck,  however,  for  a female,  and  lost  the  first  ticket 
on  that  account.  Mr.  Stephenson’s  third  is  a large-sized 
daughter  of  the  second  prize  cow.  She  is  heavier  than  her 
opponents,  but  rather  plainer.  Mr.  Greenfield’s  fourth  heiler 
