268 THE BORDER LEICESTER BREED OF SHEEP. 



" <S. Mr Bakewell engages not to let any ram for less tlian fifty- 

 guineas to any person residing within one hundred 

 miles of Dishley. 

 " 9. Xo member shall let a ram to any person residing within 

 thirty miles from Leicester, and not beincj a mem- 

 ber of the Society, who shall have hired a ram of Mr 

 Bakewell during the preceding season. 

 " 10. Xo member shall sell any ewes or rams of his own breed, 

 to breed from, unless he sells his wdiole flock of sheep, 

 except to members of the Society. 

 " 11. From the 1st to the 8th of June the members shall not 

 show^ their rams except to one another. They shall 

 begin their general show on the 8th of June, and con- 

 tinue to show their rams till the 8th of July, from that 

 day until the 8th of September they shall not show 

 them to any one, but shall then open their show again, 

 and continue it until the end of the season. 

 " 12. On the 8th and 9th of June, although the rams may be 

 shown, no rams shall be let or engaged to be let, nor 

 shall the price wdiicli will be required for him be 

 mentioned by any one. 

 "13. Every member refusing or neglecting to abide by the 

 rules of the Society, or withdrawing himself from it, 

 shall no longer be considered a member. From that 

 time he shall not be permitted to hire any ram or 

 share of a ram from any of its members until re- 

 admitted into the Society at a general meeting." 

 Of this Society, one of tlie members w^as Bakewell's shepherd, 

 John Breedon, the one man perhaps who w^as conversant w^th 

 the system of management practised at Dishley, but who never 

 communicated anything to the public. 



From about the time of Bakewell's death dates the diver- 

 gence of the sheep into the two district breeds, which are now 

 known as the Leicester and the Border Leicester. The former 

 are, no doubt, descended from the stock which, when Dishley 

 came to be cleared out, went to the relations of the former 

 owner, Mr Smith and Mr Honeybourne. By these gentlemen 

 the animals were afterwards sold to Messrs Stubbins of Stone 

 Barford, ]\Ir Paget of Elman, and Philip Skipworth the elder. 

 By the purchase of the last named was laid the foundation of 

 the Aylesbury flock ; and from ]\Iessrs Stubbins' sheep was 

 descended the once celebrated stock wdiicli w^as in 1814 divided 

 between the nephews of Mr Xathaniel Stubbins, Joseph and 

 Piobert Burgess, the former of wdiom was succeeded at Holme- 

 pierpoint in 1834 by Mr Sanday, senior. 



But it is in regard to the Border Leicester that most interest 

 will be felt by Scotch breeders. In the development of this 



