THE AMERICAN MERINO 



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Wooster, bred in 1849 by Edwin Hammond, sired Young 

 Matchless and Old Greasy; Gold Drop, bred in 1861 by Edwin 

 Hammond, who was several times offered $10,000 for him and 

 who valued him at $25,000 ; Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred in 1860 . 

 by Edwin Hammond ; Golden Fleece, by Stowell's Sweepstakes, 

 bred in 1862, said to have earned his owner $20,000; General 

 Fremont, bred in 1865 by Tyler Stickney ; Bismark, owned by 

 H.C.Burwell of Ver- 

 mont, that was sweep- 

 stakes Merino in 1876 

 at the Centennial Ex- 

 position ; Banker, bred 

 in 1875 by V. Rich of 

 Vermont ; Rarus, bred 

 in '1874 by George 

 Hammond, winner in 

 1880 of first prize as 

 a sire at the Inter- 

 national Sheep Show 

 at Philadelphia ; Don 

 Dudley, bred in 1891 

 by J. P. Ray of New 

 York; More Quality, 

 bred in 1898 by R. D. 

 Williamson of Ohio, 

 premier Merino sire 



at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 ; and Gold Coin 

 3013, bred by S. M. Cleaver of Ohio, distinguished as a great 

 show individual and one of the most outstanding sires of recent 

 years, his sons Gold Coin Jr. and Diamond Dust being remark- 

 able examples of the A type. Gold Coin Jr. in 1917, in a public 

 shearing at the Ohio State University, yielded a fourteen-and-one- 

 half-months-old fleece weighing 47^ pounds. 



A notable American Merino show-ring victory worthy of record 

 here occurred in 1863, when George Campbell of Vermont ex- 

 hibited 12 Vermont-bred Merinos at the International Exhibi- 

 tion at Hamburg, Germany. There were 1771 sheep entered in 

 competition, 913 being Merinos from every part of Europe, 



FIG. 226. Diamond Dust, sired by Gold Coin 3013. 

 This Merino ram is an unusually fine example of 

 the A type. He is held by his breeder and owner, 

 S. M. Cleaver of Delaware, Ohio. From photograph 

 by the author 



