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British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 57 , 1869

   James Ridgeway

   page 62 

EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS CLUB SHOW The third exhibition of fat stock of the Edinburgh Christmas Club was opened on Wednesday Dec 8 in the Agricultural Hall Leven street Taken throughout the show was one of great merit The cattle classes were of course the great centre of attraction Of cross oxen exceeding three years of age there vas a splendid show the first premium being awarded to a superb brown and white ox exhibited by Mr M Combie MP Tilly four This animal was shortly afterwards sold for 70 Of Shorthorn oxen not exceeding th ree years the first prize was given to a fine compact looking red ox shown by Mr Knowles Aberdeen In the polled section the first place was given to a black ox the property of Mr Walker Altyre Forres Of dairy cows there was a large and excellent display the chief prizes falling to Mr Hope Duddingstone and Mr Eorteoas Merchiston respectively Of sheep Lord Strathmore's first prize blackfaced wedden were a very fine lot one of them especially being as sell covered over the back as any Leicester and otherwise a very symmetrical and well proportioned animal Lord Sonde showed a lot of Southdowns pure bred wedders which were commended recently at Birmingham On handling sweral of them seemed very defective in the back aud they compared badly with the wedder classes both of Cheviots and Blackfica Subjoined is a list of the judges Bcliocks Messrs Jonas Wellbank Berwick JM My Glasgow and James Wilson 146 George street Edinburgh Cows amd Heifers Messrs Christopher Edmonntone Bradford Pattieon Young Penrith and James Harrison Skipton Sheep Messrs Joseph W Ruddock Berwick i m M Conie Glasgow and Andrew Wright Corstorpnine Pios Mr Peter Goose Leeds PRIZES Shorthorn oxen not exceeding three years First prise I Knowles Aberdeen second W Drysdale Kilrie Kinphora Shorthorn oxen exceeding three years old Prize P Puntm Aberlady Drem _ Polled Angus Galloway or Aberdeen oxen not four years old First prize B Walker Altyre Forres second B Bruce Newton of Struthers Forres _ Cross oxen not exceeding three years old First prize Drysdale second D Beveridge Bucklhorne Largo Cross oxen exceeding three years old First prize M Combie MP Tillyfour second J and W Martin V Market Aberdeen Highland oxen age considered First prize W second Earl of Southesk Heifers of any breed exceeding two bnt not three years old First prize Wm Drysdale Kilrie seco H Sim Ardullie Heifers of any breed exceeding three years old prize A Cowie Crombly Bank Ellon second H Aberdeen Cows of any pure breed First prize AJ Balfour tingham second C Lyall Old Montrose Cows of any cross breed First prize the Duke of clench second P Beattie Dunnydeer Insch Dairy cows any breed quality especially to be First prize James Hope Duddingston second A Merchiston Messrs Swan's cup for best animal in the yard M Combie MP Tillyfour The Farmer cup for the best animal in the female class Wm Drysdale Mr Buist's silver medal for the best cross bred cow Hope Doddington Mr Buist's medal for the best Ayrshire cow Mr I Lothian Bum