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Hia fleece in 1845, of two years' growth, weighed 23 lbs. unwashed ; his 

 subsequent fleeces ranged from 13 lbs. to 15 lbs., and averaged about 14 

 lbs. He was an admirable sire ram with ewes of all descriptions, stamp- 

 ing his individual characteristics strongly on his progeny. 



On his return with this sheep to Vermont, Judge Wright sold him 

 to Prosper Elithorp, of Bridport, and Loyal C. Remelee, of Shoreham, 

 after reserving to himself the use of him for a certain period that fall ; 

 and he also used him in part for two succeeding years. He was thence- 

 forth called the " Atwood ram." He got the " Elithorp ram " out of a 

 ewe bred by Mr. Bemelee, and sold hy him to Mr. Elithorp. This ewe 

 was got by Judge Wright's " Black Hawk," out of a pure Jarvis ewe 

 purchased by Mr. Remelee of Mr. Jarvis. "rhe dam and grand-dam of 

 the Elithorp ram, writes Mr. Elithorp, " were essentially Jarvis sheep 

 in their appearance, except that they carried darker coats on the outside, 

 and their wool was thicker set. It was long, fine, splendid wool. They 

 were good shaped and hardy for Jarvis stock." The Elithorp ram 

 " weighed from 130 to 140 lbs., in good condition : was formed consider- 

 ably like his sire except that he was more leggy ; his wool was long and 

 fine, resembling the Jarvis wool, except in its mode of opening, which 

 was not in ringlets, but in flakes up and down." It " covered mm well, 

 was not yolky to excess, was heavy for those days, but its precise weight 

 is not remembered." He was also an excellent stock ram. Judge 

 Wright's Black Hawk was got by "Fortune" out of a pure Jarvis ewe 

 purchased by Judge W. of Mr. Jarvis. "Fortune" was bred by Tyler 

 Stickney, of Shoreham, and got by "Consul" out of a pure Paular 

 (Rich) ewe. Consul was a pure Jarvis ram purchased by Mr. Stickney 

 of Mr. Jarvis. Black Hawk, Fortune, (for a long time owned by S. W. 

 Jewett,) and Consul, were all highly celebrated animals in their day, 

 the two first especially. Fortune was sold for a higher price than any 

 ram of his day. His dam was an exceedingly choice animal. 



Mr. Elithorp sold the Elithorp ram, then a lamb, in the fall of "1845, 

 to Erastus Robinson, of Shoreham, Vermont. While owned by Mr. 

 Robinson, he got the " Old Robinson ram " out of a ewe bred by Mr. 

 Elithorp, and sold by him with 29 others to Mr. Robinson in the spring 

 of 1848. This ewe was got by the Atwood ram, above mentioned, out of 

 a pure Paular (Rich,) ewe bred by Mr. Robinson and Sold by him to Mr. 

 Elithorp in the fall of 1843. She was the second choice of Mr. R.'s flock. 

 " She (the grand dam of the Old Robinson ram,) was a model in every 

 particular that constitutes a good sheep, except size, which was below 

 medium, and she had quite short legs." Her daughter (the dam of the 

 Old Robinson ram) was a counterpart of her, except that she was a good 

 size larger." Both " were heavy shearers, yielding from 8 lbs. to 9 lbs. 

 each of white, glossy wool. They were peculiar for heavy caps on their 

 foreheads, short, bull-dog noses, thick ears, and very short necks. They 

 had no short wool on their noses or ears, but were coated on these parts 

 with white glossy hair." The Old Robinson ram " partook of the strong 

 characteristic points of his dam " in carcass, " while his fleece was more 

 of the Atwood stamp. His legs, like those of his dam and grand dam, were 

 very short." Judge Wright describes him as " a small ram, (weighing 

 about 100 lbs.,) low in the leg, with a heavy neck and a large and 

 deep chest, covered with large folds or corrugations from his head to his 

 tail. His wool was of medium length, compact, almost too fine, and 

 covered him to the hoofs. He partook of many of the qualities of his 

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