f)42 Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
Polled Angus or Aberdeen. 
Polled Angus or Aberdeen have long been familiar to fre- 
quenters of the Southern winter fat Shows, and contribute 
largely to the prime beef of the Metropolitan Market. Con- 
tinued selection has moulded a model frame, which systematic 
liberal feeding rapidly and evenly clothes with a great weight of 
prime beef. The Judges present so full a statement of their 
favourite breed, that I need only remark that the twenty Polled 
Angus exhibited were of high and uniform merit. " Prince 
Albert of Baads," the property of Mr. Robert Anderson, bred 
by a small farmer, Mr. George Reid, Peterculter, Aberdeen- 
shire, has been victorious wherever shown, and was first here. 
He is a very perfect type of a big, deep, massive beef-carrier, 
withal level and of good quality ; his only fault being undue 
prominence and openness of his shoulders. The Marquis of 
Huntly's four-year-old, " Monarch," first last year at the Highland 
and Agricultural Society's Show, and second at Kilburn, took 
the latter' position here. He is level and compact, has neater 
shoulders than his rival, but lacks his size and grandeur. The 
Earl of Strathmore's " Bombastes," first yearling at Kilburn, 
oame third ; has a grand back and loin, but a plain head. 
Mr. G. Hamilton's thick compact three-year-old was placed 
fourth. 
From six good yearling bulls, Mr. H. D. Adamson's " Knight 
of the Shire " was the first pick. He comes from a 100-guinea 
purchase of the "Premier Pride" tribe at Mr. McCombie's 1875 
sale ; is good along his back and crops : has a nice head, but is 
a little high at his tail. The Earl of Airlie's " Ericson," from a 
100-guinea Erica cow, after a 200-guinea "• Pride " bull, has great 
substance and style, and came in second. Mr. John Hannay's 
" Young Viscount " was third, and, although shapely and sub- 
stantial, has a plain, sour head. Mr. G. Wilkin's reserve bull 
is strong, but wants quality. The Earl of Strathmore's yearling 
is more compact and stylish. 
Three well-known prize-winners, with nicely-balanced merits, 
competed in the Cow Class (No. 109), and held the Judges long 
in anxious deliberation, which resulted in awarding the first 
place to Mr. H. D. Adamson's " Sibyl 2nd," bred by the late 
W. McCombie ; first at Alford and Aberdeen as a yearling, one 
of the renowned Paris group as a two-year-old, second at the 
Edinburgh Highland Society's Show in 1877, and third last 
year at Perth. She has wonderful wealth of flesh, is in very 
high condition, fit for any Christmas ring, has a stylish head, 
ample girth and rib, meets the observer well, but is light in her 
hind-quarters and thighs. Smarter and more stylish, more 
