SUPPLEMENT. 787 



The top figures in the sale ring are paid for Shropshire^, and they still maintain their 

 high character for good mutton. High prices were 

 obtained 178 for one; Mr. R. Thomas sold two at 110 



guineas for one; Mr. J. Beach 110 gu >.!! 105 guineas. Tu 



mingham sales were most successful. Mr. C. Randell gave 100 of his lord- 



ship's shearlings. The ewes at Birmingham also nr . The lot sent by Mr. 



Henry Lovatt, of Bushbury, Wolverhampton, were run up i id some of 



Mr. A. S. Berry's Hock sold for 210s. each. The lot sent by Mr. J. Pulley, M. P. . 

 sold at high prices for Canada. The highest average for 60 ewes was obtained by Lord 

 Chesham at 1505., an average which has never 1 led at Birmingham. Th 



tons lloek, belonging to Mr. J. Beach, sold and let well, and the average for rams was 

 -27 12.s and for ewes 7 14s. IQd. Mr. T. J. Manaell, of Dudmastbn, secured 105 

 guineas for his first-prize shearling at York, and the average was 24 12s. 4d. The 

 fanu-d Uifington flock of Mr. John Evans averaged . ibr 37 shearling rams, and 



a little over 10 for ewes. At the annual sale of Messrs. Crane and Tanner, of Shra- 

 wardine, Lord Chancellor was sold at 65 guineas, and Royal Consort let at 75 guineas. 

 The average was 19 14s. 10(7. One lot of five shearling ewes was bought by Mr. Darling 

 at 16 guineas per head. Mr. Charles Byrd never penned a better lot than those he offered 

 at Littywood. The 34 averaged a little under 8} guineas a head. The selection of 

 rams and ewes from jthe Montford flock, the property of Mr. T. S. Minton, averaged 

 for the rams let and sold 22 3s. 6d. The ewes, for which this flock is so famous, aver- 

 aged 9 14s. each. Mr. Thomas Mansell's Harrington rams sold well. One was let to 

 Mr. Farmer at 85 guineas. A two-shear ram, Baron Plassy, was sold to Mr. J. L. Naper 

 at 86 guineas. The average of the rams was 24 18s. 9d. , and the ewes averaged 6 1 Is. 

 9rf. Mr. Robert Fisher's rams (Leconfield, Beverley) averaged a little over 11 2s. The 

 average obtained for theOnibury flock of Mr. F. Bach was 10 12s. 10<2. The flock belong- 

 ing to the late Mr. George \V. Langdale, of Leconiield Park House, near Beverley, was 

 disposed of, the rams making an average of 7 5s. , the ewes fetching prices up to 87s. each. 

 The Beauniontcote rams, the properly of Mr. William Hesseltine, made an average of 

 nearly 12 guineas. The highest price was 31 guineas. At Beaudesert 35 rams, the prop- 

 erty of Mr. John Darling, realized an average of 9 14s. Gd. ; the ewes (a splendid show) 

 5 15s. For the ewes the highest prices realized were 155*. and 160s. each. Mrs. Barrs's 

 rams at Odstone Hall made fair prices, and the ewes sold at IGOs. each. Mr. Richard 

 Thomas, of Baschurch, got an average for rams sold and let of 28 7s. each, and ewes 

 rather over 9} guineas each. For shearling ewes, in pens pf five, the Hon. G. Smith 

 gave 126, and a Canadian gentleman paid 110 5s. for another lot. Mr. J. L. Naper, 

 of Loughcrew, had a good sale. Mrs. Barrs, Odstone Hall, Atherstone, got the gem of 

 the shearlings at 120 guineas, the highest price ever paid for a ram in Ireland. The 36 

 rams averaged 18 6s. At Mr. Thomas Fenn's Home Farm, Downton Castle, the 

 highest priced shearling ram was bought by Mr. J. C. Phillips at i>5 guineas. The old- 

 established Haughton flock was dispersed on account of the decease of the 'proprietor, 

 Mr. Charles Wadiow. The ram Bridgnorth was knocked down at 30 guineas. The 23 

 rams sold averaged 11 9s. Id. each. Mr. J. E. Farmer sold a lot of rams and ewes. The 

 shearling rams ranged from 7 to 23 guineas, the latter being the highest price, and paid by 

 Earl Powis. The ewes fetched fair prices. During the season Colonel Ridgway was a 

 good buyer, and turned up at several sales, and what is more, selected good stuff and 

 gave stiff prices. Good stock were sold, and their value was realized. Indeed, all 

 round the Shropshire sales of 1883 will compare favorably with those of previous seasons. 



CHEVIOTS. 



The lithe and handsome Cheviots were in great force at the Lothian and Border sales. 

 The Cheviots showed a great increase in number on last year. At the autumn sale at 

 Ha wick upwards of 1,300 rams were catalogued, being nearly 500 more than last year. 

 The bulk were Cheviots. Mr. Robsoii, Bellinghani, sold a Cheviot ram for 55, and an- 

 other was sold for 45. The average was 13 19*. In a few instances the average prices 



1, year were overtopped. The highest price obtained for the Hindhopt 

 51 ; at Edinburgh there was some crack lots, and the animals were shown to the best 

 advantage. In several cases they realized the highest average, 9 Gs. 4rf., and they 

 li l:e wise topped their class, Mr. Paterson, Crookedston, giving 25 for a handsome 

 shearling. 



THE BLACK-FACED SUFFOLK.* 



These are rapidly coming into favor in East Auglia. This breed differs to some ex- 

 tent from the Scotch Blackfaces. The Suffolks are proper niggers, so far as face and legs 



* First described in August, 1883, by H. Kains Jackson, in "The Field," but hero 

 unacknowledged. 



