170 MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



scape the country place of the American millionaire might 

 be, without its pedigree flock peacefully browsing on the 

 green sward of its parks and lawns, under the care of a 

 skilled shepherd, it is decidedly lacking in those sweet, 

 pastoral charms which savor of the classical. Nor is this all. 

 Without such a flock, the tables of our financial barons would 

 be often bare of those tender, luscious viands, which now tickle 

 their epicurean palates, for such mutton and lamb as it affords 

 is not to be found in the everyday market of this country. More- 

 over, a flock of this kind lends charm to the landscape. Then, 

 the assurance of prime joints of mutton and lamb for the table of 

 the "laird of the manor" does not constitute the sum total of 

 satisfaction to be derived from such flocks, for the showyard 

 has its fascination, and where properly followed, its financial 

 reward. 



MILLIONAIRE FLOCKMASTERS. 



Millionaires are common among America's leading breeders and 

 exhibitors of pure-breed sheep, New York state being particularly 

 notable in this respect. Mr. William Rockefeller's spacious, 

 emerald-hued "Rockwood" lawns are brightened by one of the 

 most charming flocks of "the little aristocrats" the Southdowns 

 that ever left the folds of the British flockmaster. It is cared 

 for by an expert English shepherd. This flock has been exhibited, 

 and with considerable success, but its chief mission is to supply 

 the Rockefeller mansion with the choicest morsels of mutton and 

 lamb procurable. 



Mr. L. D. Rumsey, another well known New York state 

 millionaire, is the owner of a very choice flock of Shropshires, 

 which makes a most charming picture as it browses among the 

 trees of "Wa-Wa-Nund" park, which flanks the bank of the 

 mighty Niagara. This flock has won prizes galore at America's 

 leading exhibitions. 



Millionaire Diedritch, another Empire State millionaire, 

 owns a fine flock of Shropshires. The greater portion of the 

 increase from same furnishes Mr. Diedritch's table with mutton 

 and lamb, the remainder going as breeding stock to fanciers all 

 over the country. 



Dr. G. Howard Davison, a near neighbor of Mr. Diedritch, 

 owns one of the finest flocks of Shropshires in the land. Dur- 

 ing the past ten years it has won thousands of dollars in premium 

 money at our leading shows, and the genial doctor is the only 

 American exhibitor who has dared te attempt to beard the 

 British lion in his den by making an exhibit at the great Royal 

 Show of England, an exploit which elicited no end of eulogy 

 and sportsmanlike comment from the press on both sides of the 

 Atlantic. "To watch this beautiful flock grazing over the broad, 



