{"id":961,"date":"2020-08-19T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/?page_id=961"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T00:33:09","slug":"coleraine-cattle-show-1847","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/coleraine-cattle-show-1847\/","title":{"rendered":"Coleraine Cattle Show 1847"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coleraine, County Londonderry, Cattle Show 29 July<\/strong> 1847<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish moiled cow, at Drudgeon, Co. Tyrone<\/strong>
It’s the one on the left. The Irish Moiled Cow is one of the most distinctive breeds in Ireland. They are polled cows (they do not grow horns) There’s more of them in Finland than Ireland! by Kenneth Allen https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/5148974<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

29 Jul. 1847<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Cattle Show came off on Thursday, 29th inst. There was a large attendance of the gentry and farmers in the neighbourhood, among whom we noticed;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcus GAGE Esq., Strieve
Marcus GAGE Jr.
Conolly GAGE Esq.
Henry ANDERSON Esq., Balnacree House
Henry ANDERSON Jr.
Samuel ORR Esq. Flowerfield
Dr. HUSTON Sr., Coleraine
Thomas BLACK, Rock Cottage
Doctor CAVIN
W. ROWAN
Doctor MACALDIN
Hugh MOORE
William WARKE
Hugh BELLAS
Dr. BABINGTON
Major BABINGTON
Rev. T. M’CLELLAN
Mr. M COWAN
Mr. HALL
Capt. STIRLING
Dr. NEILL
Jas. O. LECKEY
Samuel GIVEN
R. H. M’FARLAND
Dr. CARSON
John WHITESIDE
Archdeacon GOUGH
Rev. Mr. HAMILTON
Mr. GOUGH
Dr. REYNOLDS
Capt. RICH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Judges of cattle were;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcus GAGE Sr.
Marcus GAGE Jr.
Mr. Gavin CRAIG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premiums Awarded;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brood Mares Farmers Class – 8 competitors
1st Prize Mr. Alexander MACKY
2nd Mrs HANSON
3rd Mr. Andrew LAW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foals Farmers Class – 9 competitors
1st prize Mr. James MATHEWS
2nd  Mr. Daniel IRWINE
3rd  Mrs. HANSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 year old Colt or Filly – Farmers Class – 5 competitors
1st prize Mr. David ANDERSON
2nd Mr. Jas. DUGAN
3nd Mr, John KERR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers Year old Colt or Filly – 4 competitors
1st prize Mr. Jas. MATHEWS
2nd Mrs. HANSON
3rd Mr. Jas. DONAGHY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Thorough-Bred Stallion – 2 competitors
1st prize Mr. Mark KERR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Coaching Stallion – 2 competitors
1st prize Mr. Jas. ADAMS
2nd Mr. James POLLOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Carting Stallion – 2 competitors
1st prize Mr. James ADAMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brood Mares – Challenge Class – 2 competitors
1st prize Samuel ORR Esq.
2nd Henry RICHARDSON Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best 2 year old Colt or Filly – Challenge Class – 2 competitors
1st prize S. W. KNOX Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best 1 year old Colt or Filly – Challenge Class – 3 competitors
1st prize, Samuel ORR Esq
2nd Dr. CARSON, Henry ANDERSON Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Foal – Challenge Class – 4 competitors
1st prize James Orr LECKEY Esq.
2nd Samuel ORR Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cows – Farmers Class – 12 competitors
1st prize Mr. Wm. SMYTH
2nd Mr A. John KERR
3rd Mr. Wm. ADAMS
4th Mr. Hugh YOUNG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best 2 year old Heifer – Farmers Class – 6 competitors
1st prize Mr. John KERR
2nd Mr. Alexander MACKAY
3rd Mr. Wm. SMYTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Year old Heifer – Farmers Class – 7 competitors
1st prize Mr. Alexander MACKY
2nd Mr. Andrew HUNTER
3rd Mr. John BLACK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Cow for Farmers holding under 25 Cunningham Acres – 7 competitors
1st prize Mr. John KERR
2nd Mr. James DONAGHEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 year old Heifer – 3 competitors
1st prize Mr. John KERR
2nd Mr. James DONAGHEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 year old – 3 competitors
1st prize Mr. Wm. M’GOWAN
2nd Mr. John KERR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Farmers Cow which won the head prize on a former occasion Challenge – 2 competitors
1st prize Mr. John KERR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers Bull – 3 competitors
1st prize Mr. Wm. ADAMS
2nd Mr. Hugh YOUNG
3rd Mr. John BLACK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Cow, the property of members residing within the Lights of Coleraine – 5 competitors
1st prize Doctor BARR
2nd Doctor CARSON
3rd Mr. James ELLIOTT
4th ” Dr. HUSTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best 2 year old Heifer within the Lights of Coleraine –
1st prize Doctor BARR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Year old within the Lights of Coleraine – 4 competitors
1st prize Doctor CARSON
2nd Dr. HUSTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Bull Gentlemen’s Class – Medal – 2 competitors
1st prize Henry ANDERSON Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Cow – Challenge Class – 2 competitors
1st prize Samuel ORR Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 year old Heifers – Challenge Class – 4 competitors
1st Samuel ORR Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year old – Challenge Class – 2 competitors
1st prize Doctor CARSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Ram Farmers class – 3 competitors
1st prize, Mr. Andrew HUNTER
2nd Mr. John BLACK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pen of 3 Ewes Farmers class – 2 competitors
1st prize James MATHEWS
2nd John BLACK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rams – Challenge class – 2 competitors
1st prize Samuel ORR Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge class for a Pen of 3 Ewes and their Lambs – 1 entry
Prize Samuel ORR Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boar farmers class – 1 entry
Prize Mr. Hugh YOUNG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sows – Farmers class – 4 competitors
1st prize Mr. William GLENN
2nd Mr. DUGAN
3rd Mr. Hugh YOUNG
4th Mr. David MATHEWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butter Judges – Messrs. HEMILL, IRVINE, and M’VICAR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butter 1st class – 16 competitors
1st prize Mr. John WATSON
2nd Mr. James GILMORE
3rd Mr. James DUGAN
4th Mr. James ADAMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd Class Butter – 3 competitors
1st prize Mr. John BLACK, Articlave
2nd Widow MORRISON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge given by J. O. LECKY Esq., to show a Yearling Heifer against Dr. CARSON for one pound. Prize to Dr. CARSON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the extra stock not shown, we observed a very beautiful pig belonging to Dr. NEILL; indeed, we have never seen a more splendid animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcribed by Teena from 31 Jul. 1847 edition of the Coleraine Chronicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coleraine, County Londonderry, Cattle Show 29 July 1847 29 Jul. 1847 Our Cattle Show came off on Thursday, 29th inst. There was a large attendance of the gentry and farmers in the neighbourhood, among whom we noticed; Marcus GAGE Esq., StrieveMarcus GAGE Jr. Conolly GAGE Esq.Henry ANDERSON Esq., Balnacree HouseHenry ANDERSON Jr.Samuel ORR Esq. FlowerfieldDr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-961","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cotyrone.com\/~inthenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}