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masculine head, and is of massive character. Both 

 lengthy and exceedingly level, his tail is well set 

 on, and he carries himself well, whilst for firmness 

 and quality of fiesh he cannot well be beaten. He 

 is especially good to follow, being long on his 

 quarters, and heavily fleshed on his thighs — 

 " beef to the hock joint." 



About as choice a flock of Border Leicesters as 

 we remember to have seen is that which Mr. 

 Hutchinson has formed during the summer of 

 1888. There are thirty ewes, all of them young 

 ones, and they have been selected with that care 

 and attention to detail for which Mr. Hutchinson 

 bears so deservedly high a character. They are 

 principally from the flock of Mr. Thompson, 

 of Bailey Knowe ; but five of them come from 

 Mr. NichoUs, in Northumberland. The ram was 

 bred by Mr. Jack, of Chilton Mains, and is by 

 a sheep of Lord Polwarth's. He is an active, 

 firm-muttoned sheep, with a beautiful skin, and a 

 particularly nice head ; and has won a lot of 

 valuable prizes, amongst them being a first at the 

 Northumberland County Show ; first prize at the 

 Koyal at Nottingham ; first at Kelso and 

 Edinburgh ; and second at the Highland Society's 

 Show, where he was beaten by a sheep of Lord 

 Dalhousie's. It is Mr. Hutchinson's first serious 

 attempt at breeding high-class Border Leicesters, 

 and it is an attempt which bids fair to be crowned 

 with success. 



