THE CHEVIOT 



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thousands of sheep being sold and many high prices paid, with 

 good averages. At this sale in 1903 five breeders sold rams at 

 prices ranging from $150 to $5/5 each. At the 1912 sale the 

 ram Cheviot Dinmont sold to J. S. Dickson and A. and J. K. Smith 

 for $625. At the 1914 sale the ram Millknowe Masterpiece sold 

 for about $525, and the ram No. I Hihdhope, bred by John Elliott, 

 sold for a like sum. At a sale in 1865 at Beattock 165 Cheviot 

 rams owned by Mr. Oliver of Hawick brought over $12,000, one 

 three-year-old bringing $775 and a two-year-old $605. In 1902 



FIG. 286. A valley scene in the Cheviot Hills, Scotland. This picture shows the 

 lack of the flocking habit with the Cheviot. From photograph by the author 



Mr. J. R. C. Smith of Yetholm, Scotland, purchased the ram 

 Ambush (1545) for about $600. In 1915 John Elliott purchased 

 at Hawick at auction a two-year-old ram for about $1125. In 

 1917 a ram sold at Hawick for $1000. In 1919 all Cheviot 

 price records were broken when a yearling ram, the champion at 

 the show of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 

 was sold by John Robson, Millknowe, to Messrs. Hogg, Newlands, 

 and Robson for 620 ($3020). 



The distribution of the Cheviot is mainly in England, Scotland, 

 and North America. In a considerable territory in the border 

 country in Britain there are many large flocks, men counting their 



