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and he has a level top and fair underline, and he 

 was not too dear at the 80 guineas Sir Charles 

 Tempest paid for him. 



The herd, although not so fashionably bred as 

 some, was a notable one, and the fine milking 

 properties and regular breeding for which it was 

 famous, are testimonies to the judgment and 

 perseverance of Mr. Mann. 



Living as he did, so near Pigburn, where John 

 Scott used to put the finishing touch on his St. 

 Leger horses, he was fond of a bit of racing, and 

 at the little flapping meetings which used to be 

 held at the time-honoured old racecourse, he used 

 occasionally to run a horse, and have a flutter in 

 the silk himself, and on one occasion at least the 

 Pigburn Cup fell to his lot. 



It is highly characteristic of the man that after 

 he escaped the ravages of the rinderpest which 

 had decimated, and in some cases entirely destroyed 

 the herds of his neighbours, he sunk a sum of 

 £300 as a thank offering, the interest of which 

 is to be distributed to thirty of the poorest in- 

 habitants of the surrounding parishes in per- 

 petuity. 



As a judge he was well known, and acted in 

 that capacity three times at the Poyal, as well as 

 at the Yorkshire and other important shows. 



Full of years, and esteemed and respected b}' 

 all who knew him, he died in April, 1888, leav- 

 ing behind him a rej)utation for industry, 



