A prize Shorthorn low the property & Outhwaite of Fuinese Cutterick.

Brigade Major, bred by Messrs. Booth, and the property of Mr. J. B. Booth, of Killerby, a roan bull, calved July 1, 1863, is by Velasco (15443); out of Soldiers' Nurse by Crown Prince (10087), her dam Vivandière by Buckingham (3239)-Minette by Leonard (4210) Moss Rose by Young Matchem (4422).

1870.-At the Ripon Society's show, Vivandière took first prize, £5, for Shorthorn heifers under three years old; at the Durham County, at Sunderland, the first prize, £10, and also the silver cup value £25, for the best Shorthorn in the yard; and at the Richmondshire Society's show, at Leyburn, the first prize, £5, for heifers under three years old.

1871.-At Ripon Vivandière won the first prize, £10, for cows or heifers over three years old; at the Lincolnshire Society's show at Brigg, the special prize of £25, as the best cow or heifer in, the show; at the Durham County show, at Hartlepool, first prize, £8, as the best cow; at the Northumberland Society's show, at Alnwick, first prize, £8, for the best cow, and silver cup, £21, for the best of all the cows and heifers; at Keighley the first prize, £5, for the best cow, and was also one of three animals which won the special prize of £50, given for the three best Shorthorns belonging to the same owner; at the Worcestershire Society's show, at Malvern, won the first prize, £25, for the best cow; at Birkenhead, the first prize, £5, for the best cow, and at the Manchester and Liverpool Society's show, at Li

1872. At Keighley, Vivandière won first prize, £5, for the best cow, and was also one of three animals which took the special prize of £30 for the three best Shorthorns belonging to the same owner; at the Richmondshire Agricultural show, at Richmond, first prize as the best cow; at the Durham County show, held at Durham, first prize, £8, for the best cow; and at the Manchester and Liverpool Society's show, at Bolton, first prize, £10, for the best cow, and also the special prize of £10 for the best cow or heifer.

1873.-At the Royal Agricultural Society's show, at Hull, Vivandière won the first prize, £20, for the best cow; at the Lincolnshire Society's show, at Gainsborough, the special prize of £25 for the best cow or heifer; at the Gloucestershire Society's show, at Stapleton, the first prize of £10, for the best cow, and the challenge cup, value 100 guineas, for the best animal in the show-yard; at the Yorkshire Society's show, at Harrogate, the first prize of £25 for the best cow, and the silver cup, value £25, for the best cow or heifer in the show; at the North Lancashire Society's show, at Chorley, first prize, £5, for the best cow; and at Keighley, first prize, £5, for the best cow, and was one of three which won the special prize of £20 for the three best Shorthorns belonging to the same owner, this being the third year in succession which Vivandière has been one of the three. The judges at Hull write of the Shorthorn cow class

as Although small in numbers, remarkably good in quality. Seldom are there six such fine animals in one class;" and where we had no difficulty in selecting the first, but we joined issue in placing second and third."