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Leicester sheep have always been a speciality 

 at Manor House, and the flock is one of the 

 purest bred in the country. A shearling ram 

 which is being used this year (1888), is a fine 

 specimen of the breed. He has a beautiful head 

 and neck, a level back, and good skin, and a leg 

 at every corner. His ancestors for six generations 

 have been winners at the Royal Shows, and, 

 indeed, Mr. Hutchinson has had a wonderful 

 average of success during the past few years with 

 his Leicester Sheep. Since 1883, he has won at 

 the Koyal Shows no fewer than ten first prizes, 

 eight second prizes, and two thirds — nearly half 

 of the prizes offered for Leicester rams. 



Perhaps the best hunter he ever owned was 

 ''Jester"; at any rate he was the most successful in 

 the showyard. He was bred by Mr. T. Gibbons, 

 Burnfoot, Carlisle, in 18G9, and Avas by Laughing 

 Stock, dam by Rowland, grandam by British 

 Yeoman. He was a whole coloured brown, 

 stood on a short leg, had cajDital shoulders and 

 back and was a fine galloper. The fastidious 

 found a little fault with his hocks, and perhajDS 

 there was just a suspicion of 'roundness' about 

 them ; but he was a very sound horse and did 

 a lot of hunting as well as hard work in the show 

 ring. He was very successful there and had 

 many a severe tussle with "Joe Bennett," some- 

 times one and sometimes the other getting the 

 better of the fight. 



