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tion of him. His dam brings to him and to Gold Drop the blood 

 (individual blood) of several very celebrated animals which do not 

 appear in the pedigree of Sweepstakes, viz., Tomig Matchless, the 

 Lawrence Ewe, Long Wool and Old Queen. 



"Young Matchless" was in the light colored line. He weighed 

 about 150 lbs. He was a model of strength, compactness, symmetry 

 and showiness. He had immense constitation. He was weU wrinkled 

 under the neck, at the elbow, thigh and tail. His fleece was about 3i 

 inches long, extremely thick, of medium quality, of good style, even and 

 had no jar. It covered hiVn well on belly, head, legs, etc. He was 

 particularlywellwooledoverthe eye. He was rather light colored. He 

 was less yolky than any ram heretofore described, and his yolk was white. 

 His fleece weighed 23 lbs., and is believed to have contained more pwre 

 wool than that of any other ram Mr. Hammond ever owned except 

 Sweepstakes. He gave his get great length and thickness of wool, and 

 the great round carcass so conspicuous in the flock. He took the first 

 State premium, &c. A half interest in him and Greasy was sold to 

 Wm. R. Sanford for $500. 



"The Lawrence Ewe" combined the size, beauty, constitutional 

 vigor and wooliness of both her sire and dam. She weighed about 110 

 lbs., and did not lack a single property of excellence or showiness. 

 She was dark externally, yolk yellowish, and had some external gum. 

 Her fleece was of good quality, and weighed 14 lbs. She was sold for 

 $600, which was esteemed a remarkable price at that day. She was the 

 dam of two very famous rams, viz.. Long "Wool and the Lawrence Ram. 



"Long Wool" took something of his form from his sire, and accord- 

 ingly was not as low, compact and round as his immediate maternal 

 ancestors, but he was considerably^ better formed than Old Greasy. He 

 weighed from 135 to 130 lbs. His vrrinkles, &c., resembled his sire's, 

 but he had more of them, and some small ones about elbow and tail. 

 His fleece was about 3i inches long, very thick, yolk white and biilliant, 

 style excellent. He was wooled to the feet all round, well wooled on 

 the belly and head. He was not quite as well wooled over eye as 

 Young Matchless or the Queen famUv — but did more to improve this 

 point among the Queens than any other ram. His fleece was dark 

 colored. No memorandum is preserved of its weight: it was over 20 

 lbs. He was an admirable sire for ewe lambs — the best, perhaps, Mr. 

 H. ever had. They were longand thick wooled, dark externally, and 

 particularly well covered. He improved the flock, especially la 

 wool over the eye. His lambs were also low, round, thick and of 

 strong constitution. Mr. H. declined |500 for bitn when two years old. 

 He was killed early, in fighting. 



" The Lawrence Ram is not named in the pedigrees, published on 

 page 13 1 , b at has been one of the most celebrated rams of the flock. He 

 was got by Old Wrinkly, dam, the Lawrence ewe. He weighed about 130 

 lbs. He was a short, stout, heavy-boned, low sheep, with a remarkably 

 short and heavy neck, and a broad loin and rump. He had a powerful 

 constitution. He was heavily wrinkled in fi-ont, with folds at elbow, 

 tan, thigh and flank. He was dark colored and yolky. His wool was of 

 medium length, (two inches,) very thick, of medium quality, even, and 

 the yolk yellowish. He was well covered on face, belly, &c. His fleece 

 weighed 24 lbs. He was a capital sire for both ram and ewe lambs. 

 The heaviest fleeced ewes now in Mr. H.'s flock were got by him. He 

 was sold in his old age for $300. 



