1861. £10 for the best polled Scots ox. £10 for the best polled Scots heifer. Also, the Hotel and Innkeepers' Cup for the best beast in the yard. The Society's Cup for the best beast in the yard. Simpson's Subscription Cup, value 50 guineas, for the best beast fed on his farinaceous food. 1862. £10 for the second best Aberdeen and Angus ox. Highly commended for do. 1863. £15 for the best polled Aberdeen ox; and £25 for best Scot. £15 for best polled ox. 1864. £10 for second best do. 1865. £10 for the second best polled ox. £10 for the best cross ox. 1867. £15 for the best polled Aberdeen ox, "Black Prince." £25 as best Scot. Colonel Ratcliff's Cup, £10, 10s., as best Scot bred by exhibitor. Gold medal as best ox in hall. Hotelkeepers' Cup, £31, 10s., as best beast in show. President's prize, 25 guineas, as best ox bred by exhibitor; and silver medal as breeder. 1868. £15 for best polled Aberdeen ox. Extra prize, £20, as best Scot. Colonel Ratcliff's Cup, £10, 10s., for best Scot bred by exhibitor. President's prize, 25 guineas, as best ox bred by exhibitor; and silver medal as breeder. £5 for the third best OX. 1870. £10, 10s., Colonel Ratcliff's Cup, for best Scot bred by exhibitor. £15 for best Aberdeen heifer. 1871. £5 for the second best Aberdeen heifer; also Colonel Ratcliff's Cup for the best Scot bred by exhibitor. 1872. £15 for the best Scot Aberdeen ox; also extra prize, £20. Gold medal as best ox. Hotel-keepers' prize as best animal, 25 guineas. £5 for the second best Aberdeen heifer. 1873. £15 for the best Aberdeen ox, and silver medal as breeder. £21 (Mayor's Cup), and special prize, £20, for the best animal in the show. £10 for the best polled ox; and silver cup, £6, 6s. 1874. £2 for the third best cross-bred ox. £8 for best cross ox, and Swan's Challenge Cup for best beast in the show. Highly commended for cows. £4 for second best polled ox. Commended for cross-bred ox. XI.-BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. AT THE CONCOURS AGRICOLE UNIVERSEL DE PARIS-1856. Gold medal and £36 for the best bull-age, 48 months. Gold medal and £24 for the best cow-age, 36 months. 1st, 2d, and 3d honourable mention, as the 2d, 3d, and 4th best cows; but as only one money prize was awarded in each class, they could not receive the money prizes. Also the "Great Gold Medal of France," for the animals exhibited by him as a whole. In the prize-list it is thus described :-" Une medaille d'or, grand module, à William Macombie, pour l'ensemble de son exposition." N.B.-Only other three great gold medals were given for stock in the whole exhibition-one to England, one to France, and one to Belgium. CONCOURS DE POISSY-1857. Gold medal and £60 for the best ox under three years old. Bronze medal and £40 for the third best ox under three years old. Gold medal and £50 for the best ox above four years old. Silver medal and £45 for the second best ox above four years old. CONCOURS DE POISSY-1862. Gold medal and £40 for the best ox not exceeding three years old. Gold medal and £35 for the best ox above three years old. Silver medal and £20 for the second best heifer not exceeding three years old (there was no first prize awarded in this class). Gold medal and £20 for the best cow or heifer above three years old. Also, the two great prizes of honour, -viz.: Great Gold Medal of France for the best ox in any of the classes of foreign stock; also, Cup offered by H.R.H. Prince Albert, to be competed for between the two prizes of honour, of foreign and French oxen, described in the prize-list as-"Coupe offerte par S.A.R. le Prince Albert, pour être disputée entre les deux prix d'honneur des bœufs étrangers et Français, accordée à W. Macombie, precité, pour le bœuf Angus, No. 37." N.B.-Mr M'Combie has gained every first prize for our native breed of polled breeding and fat cattle, that has been awarded by the French Government in 1856, 1857, and 1862. |