PERTH SHORTHORN SHOW AND SALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2927, 20 April 1910, Page 9

PERTH SHORTHORN SHOW AND SALE.

At the annual spring show and _ sale of shorthorn cattle at Perth, Scotland, there was a large display, the catalogue including 357 bulls and 117 cows and heifers, compared with 378 bulls and HI cows and heifers last year. As a whole, the of the stock was excellent, some ot tne younger yearling bulls and the yearling heifers being particularly promising. At the show, Cabtain Stirling was fcrst for two-year-old heifers with Keir Sunrise, a, big, strongly made red, which in the subsequent saLe realised 50gs from Mr Cozalet, a Kent buyer. A Perthshire breeder, Mr A. Cameron, took second with Duchess of ■Strathtay, a nice heifer, which was retained in the district by Mr Rose _ at 52gs. Mr A. M Gregory had third with Blue Bell, a very useful man, which was purchased by Mr Birrefl at 31gs, while Mr Duncan Stewart was fourth with a reo. daughter of Proud Favourite, which made 28gs to Mr James. The yearling heifers were much better than the two-year-olds. Mr George Bell, an Irish exhibitor, led in this class with a very pretty roan \ugusta heifer, quite one of the best that hasbeen seen at Perth in- recent years. The heifer, Augusta 125th by name, gave rise to keen competition, and was sold to Mr Miller, Birkenhead, at -220 gs. 'This was easily the highest price realised for a female. Messrs Youtig took second with Queer of the North, another very good roan heifer, for which Lord Crewe gave 31g6, and the same exhibitors were third with Lovely 14th, a nice-quality-half-sister, which made 42gs to the Edgert Shorthorn Company. Sir John Gilmour had. fourth in this class with a roan daughter of Royal "Victory, which was not dear at 27gs to Mr Wyllie Hill. • For bulls, Captain -Graham Stirling was a clear winner in the senior yearling class with Strowan Archduke 2nd, a splendid roan of mixed English and Scottish blood: He was beautifully made, and very smooth and mellow in flesh. A big, .strong red bull, from the Balnakyle herd, named Marmion was placed second, over, a great wealthy massive roan from Lord Lovat's Beaufort hero. Duchlage Fascinator, a, very good young Belladrum •. roan from Duchlage, Crieff ,f was a deserving fourth prize winner. Colonel Smith Grant's Minmore Quirinal took fifth, and Mr A. J. Balfour's Whittinghame Favourite was sixth. Several very pretty calves appeared in the young class, which was beaded by Mr Joseph Lee with.Congalton Baron, a wonderfully firm-backed and beautifullyshouldered roam by the Jackston bull Diamond Fancy out of a granddaughter of the famous Brave Arpher. Mr Duncan Stewart had second and third with two beautifully haired calves bj Captain of the Mint. The fourth prizf went' to Mr W. A. Dron for Royal Favourite, a very nicely-colouned red by "Mr Stewart's Proud Favourite. Major Murray's Lord Polmaise, another very attractive red, was fifth, while Mr Sfcepnen Mitchell's Gold Mint 2nd. ,a roan by the 850-guinea Collyiiie calf Gold Mint, was sixth. Lord Lovat's Brciad'hooks Rambler, a big fleshy roan, stood seventh. Mr Cameron won the cup for the best three. The sale of the cows and heifers proved an exceedingly satisfactory one for good animals, the average for £6 being £3O 5s 4d, as against £22 18s 3d for about the same number last year. A number of very good figures were realised. Amongst the cows Mr Gazalet took out at lGOsrs Mr James Morrison's seven-year-old Gipsy Countess. The same buvc'r secured, also at lOOgs, Mr Stephen Mitchell's Butterfly 51st, a saven-year-old of the Buttercup family. Mr Oa-zalet was also the purchaser of Ma- Jas. Morrison's White Rose, which made 58gs. Mr Wvllie Hill gave 50gs for Mr-Morri-son's Bess 6th, a. roan four-year-old of the Queen Bess family. The best price outside prize winners in the yearling class was 120 gs, paid by the Earl of Crewe for Mr Geo. Veitch's Princess Secret, a very pretty heifer of the Sittyton Secret family. The same purchaser' also secured from Mill!. Napier a typical Clipper heifer, the price in this case being 75gs. Cows averaaed £44 7s sd. two-year-old heifers £26. and yearling heifers £2B ss'4d, the rceneral f.v.sra,£r's, as has already been said, for the £6 head sold being £3O 5s 4d. • The sale of -bulls on Wednesday was marked by an extraordinary buoyancy of rlomand for the best .animals, the crossing kind of bulls' being comparatively cheap.. Mr D. Maclennan bought the first, second, and third' prize bulls in the senior class at' the following figures: Strowan Archduke 2nd. 780 gs; Balnakyle Mar m ion, 400 g»; and Lord Lovat's Beaufort Advocate, 250 gs. The fourth prize bull, Duchlage Fascinator, was bought by. Mr Smith. Pitodrie, for 210 gs; the fifth prize bull, Minmore Quirinal, went to Mr Matthew Marshall. Strang

raer, for 95gs; the sixth prize bull, Whittinghame Favourite, was taken out by Mr Rodger, Selkirk, for exportation at 170 gs; and the seventh prize bull, Dunglass Champion, went to the same buyer at 210 gs. The keenest competition, however, was reserved for the animals in the younger class. Mr Rodger took out the first, second, third, fourth, and seventh winners in the young class at the following prices: Gongalton Baron, 852 gs; Keeper of the Mint, which was sold very late in the sale, 652g5; King of the Mint, 560 gs; Royal Favourite. 300 gs; and Lord Lovat's Broadihooks Rambler, at 200 gs. The fifth prize bull, Lord Polmaise, was taken out by Mr J. W. Duthie at 410 gs, and the sixth prize bull, Goldmint, went to Mr Reid, Comleybank, at 450 gs. The Saphock bull Proud WaTrior .realised 400 gs, paid' by the Earl of Morav, and Proud Baron, from the same herd."went at 120 gs to Mr M'Murray, Old Manse. The Balnakyle bull Bull's Eye ■realised HOgs, paid by Lord Tredegar, while Balnakyle Surprise went to Mr Ogillvy, Ireland, at lOogs. The Garbity bull Baron's Pride fetched 205 gs, paid by Colonel Johnstone, Elgin; the Throsk bull Throsk Broadhooks 2nd was bought for Estancia (nipana at 200 gs; and Lord Moray's Doune Raider was taken by Mr Finlayscn at 200 gs. The Dunglass bull Dunglass Star went to Mr Gunther, Kent, at l£ogs, and Dungliass Mint, from the same herd, went to Mi- Snowball, Yorkshire, for 105 gs. The average price for the 301 bulls sold was £4B 2s 7d, as compared with an average of £3B 15s 8d last year. The following were the principal averages:—Millhills (two), £635 ss; Oongalton (four), £260 13s 3d; Sfcrowan (nine), £223 7s 9d; Balnakyle (three), £215 ss; Saphock (five), £150; Boquhan (six), £l2l 12s 6d; Dunglass (six). £ll3 4s 6d; Polmaise (six), £lO4 6s; CriefFvechteir (four), £IOO 10s; Earl of Moray (three), £9B; Duchlage (four), £74 8s sd.