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on the various exhibits with critical acumen, and 

 frequently eliciting a hearty laugh from his col- 

 leagues by some quaint story or pithy remark. 

 His white linen coat and broad-brimmed straw 

 hat were as well known in tlie south as in the 

 north, and his reputation as an all round judge 

 of stock and port wine was second to none in the 

 kinofdom. Richmond market has never been 

 quite the same since failing health prevented him 

 from attending it ; and a visit to the market 

 dinner at the King's Head, when he was in the 

 chair, was an event to be remembered. 



The Catterick district is famous for its well- 

 tilled and excellent land, and the neio'hbourinQf 

 farms of Bainesse and Manor House have each 

 won the Royal prize. Mr. Outhwaite's victory 

 took place in connexion with the visit of the 

 Koyal Show to York in 1839. On that occasion 

 the Yorkshire Agricultural Society offered a prize 

 for the best managed 100 acres of arable land, 

 and notwithstanding the keen competition, Mr. 

 Outhwaite won "hands down." He used to 

 relate that one of his opponents farmed some 1300 

 acres of his own, and selected 100 acres out of 

 it which he had hand dug, but this was of no 

 avail. Mr. Outhwaite used to tell this with much 

 gusto, and wound up by saying " There's only 

 one farm in England and that's Bainesse, and 

 only one man who knows how to farm and they 

 call him John Outhwaite." 



