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John McNary, W. H. McNary, J. S. McNary, Ebenezer McClel- 

 land, George Craighead, George Murray, and William Brownlee. 

 In connection with the development of this family R. H. Russell 

 of Pennsylvania and C. H. Beall of West Virginia played an 

 important part. In 1862 a ram of Spanish and Black Top blood 

 purchased from Beall was used in the flock descended from 

 McClelland, then in the hands of his sons. In 1877 R. H. Rus- 

 sell, who began his flock in 1852 with fifty Black Top Merinos 

 from William Davis, with J. C. McNary purchased a Spanish 

 ram named Victor, bred by J. M. Miller, which was used in their 



flocks. Both of these rams 

 were very prepotent and 

 unusually fine individuals. 

 The descendants of these 

 two rams nicked to great 

 advantage, resulting in 

 high-class Delaines that 

 were long known as Victor- 

 Beall Delaine Merinos. It 

 can thus be seen that the 

 Delaine strain was devel- 

 oped by a combination of 

 Black Top and Spanish 

 blood, or a combination of 

 smooth -bodied with 

 wrinkled Merino. 

 Characteristics of National, Standard, or Victor-Beall Delaines. 

 These are essentially much like the Dickinson family. The body 

 is smooth, excepting for slight folds at the neck, and perhaps at 

 the breast in the form of an apron. The rams may or may not 

 have horns. According to Mr. S. M. Cleaver, Secretary of the 

 Standard Delaine Association, writing in 1890 : 



The demand of the times calls for a plain hody growing a Delaine staple. 

 Long experience teaches us that it is almost impossible to keep up density 

 and weight of fleece to give the best results when wrinkles are entirely done 

 away with ; for this reason it is important to stay in the blood of wrinkly 

 sheep in selecting the sires, yet striving to keep the body clear of wrinkles 

 and the neck nearly so. It is proposed to pay more attention to a good 

 broad back and deep, round quarters, making a type easily kept in order. 



Fig. 159. Wonderful 700, a Dickinson De- 

 laine Merino ram bred by H. G. McDowell, 

 Canton, Ohio. Grand-champion Delaine 

 ram at the World's Columbian Exposition, 

 Chicago, 1893. Photograph from the owner 



