Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 130
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248 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH, 1939. Challenge Cup was on this occasion allocated to the British Friesian classes, and was awarded to the Champion, which also won the MacRobert Champion Silver Bell and the Cham- pion male prize of £5 given by the British Friesian Cattle Society. A very close second to Mr Weightman’s Winner was the fine home-bred heifer “Douneside Lod Lorna 2nd,” 224,446, exhibited by the MacRobert Trustees, Douneside, Melgum, and Cromar Estate Office, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, which gained the Reserve award and the British Friesian Cattle Society’s Champion Prize of £5 for the best female. The same Society’s Silver Challenge Cup for the best group of three animals was also secured by the MacRobert Trustees with the Reserve Champion, “Douneside Lod Lorna 2nd,” “ Douneside Lod Aster,” 237,934, and the two-year-old bull, “ Douneside Lodbert 11th,” 49,321. HORSES. There was an additional class for Percherons, but the number of horses fell slightly short of the total entries at Durnfries and showed a substantial decrease as compared with the Hundredth Show at Edinburgh in 1931. The Clydesdale Stallions and Colts, if not so numerous as at the previous Show, fully lived up to the best traditions of the breed, and much interest was taken in the final adjudi- cation of the class winners. The President’s Champion Medal was won by the two-year-old “Gartness Control,” 23,385 (Fig. 18), exhibited by Messrs G. & J. Campbell, Gartness, by Balfron, which as a yearling secured the Cawdor Cup and the Reserve Championship at Dumfries. A light—brown son of “Douglas Castle,” 21,620, out of “ Townhead Blossom,” 61,591, he was bred by Mr Thomas Robertson, Townhead, Annbank, and in style, movement, size, and substance gave an excellent display. He was also awarded the Renfrewshirc Perpetual Gold Challenge Cup for best stallion or colt. The Cawdor Challenge Cup, for which the Champion as a previous holder was not eligible, went to Mr James Kilpatrick, Craigie Mains, Kilmarnock, for his bay yearling “ Craigie Inde- pendent,” which was also of Townhead breeding, and the Reserve ticket was annexed by the same colt. From an attractive entry of geldings the bay three-year-old, “Campbell” (Fig. 19), shown by Sir Kenneth S. Anderson, Bart, The Yair, Galashiels, was selected for the Championship Medal. He was bred by Mr William G. Campbell, Enrlck, Gatehouse, and was the progeny of “Scotland’s Marcellus,” 21,383. He made an outstanding appearance, having the maximum size and weight for a horse of his age, and was superb in action. Along with the Championship he took the GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH, 1939. 249 James Clark Silver Challenge Cup for the best gelding. The runner-up was the bay gelding “Sir James,” shown by Messrs Greig, Housenrigg, Brayton, Aspatria, sire “Nisbet Surprise,” 21,786, taking the same position which he occupied at the Dumfries Show. A second victory in the competition for the Cawdor Cup for females was won by Mr John M‘Farlane, Baillielands, Auchterarder, his successful exhibit on this occasion being “Myrene” (Fig. 20), a beautiful roan two-year-old filly of his own breeding, by “Benedictine,” 21,836, out of “Mora of Gleneagles,” 55,419. Since her appearance at Dumfries, where she was first in her class, she has developed splendidly and was an outstanding Champion. The Reserve award went to MeSSrs David G. Findlay & Son, Rankinston House, Ayr, for their three-year—old yeld mare, “ Rankinston Moss Rose,” a daughter of “ Craigie Beau Ideal,” 21,856, bred by Mr John N. Watson, Tarelgin, Ochiltree. For the first time Percherons were present at the Show in competitive classes, of which two were provided, one for mares and the other for fillies. There was an encouraging entry, and there was evidence of considerable interest in the exhibition of the handsome greys. The President’s Champion Medal went to Mr A. W. Montgomerie, Westburn Farm, Cambuslang, for his five-year-old mare, “Motion,” B1612 (Fig. 21), sire “ Genet,” F 187,676, dam“ Troyenne,” F 144,318, bred by M. Marre, Montague, France; and the Reserve award to the three-year—old filly “ Millhills Saucy,” B 1380, shown by Major William B. Robertson, Colton, Dunfermline, and bred by Mr Duncan M. Stewart of Millhills, Criefl’. While the figures in the Hunters section showed a con- siderable advance on the Dumfries entries, they were a long way behind the total reached at the Hundredth Show at Edinburgh. The quality was rather uneven, though the leading horses left nothing to be desired. Mr Donald Cross, Knockdon, Maybole, won the President’s Champion Medal and the Dumfries Centenary Silver Challenge Cup for the best Hunter with his eight-year-old bay gelding “Ras” (Fig. 22), shown in a heavy saddle class. “Capplegill,” a two-year-old bay home-bred gelding, received the Reserve ticket for Mr Thomas Douglas, Gatehousecote, Hawick; and the Champion Gold Medal for fillies, given by the Hunters’ Improvement and National Light Horse Breeding Socrety, was awarded to “Shady Miss,” 9250, a grey yearling, bred and exhibited by Sir John William Buchanan- Jardine, of Castle Milk, Bart, Lockerbie. . There was again an outstanding display of Highland and Western Island Ponies, which attracted interest and admira- tion from a large ‘gallery.’ Mr Thomas Purdie, Aucheneck, VOL. L11. R |
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