THE AMERICAN MERINO 



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sired Young 



Wooster, bred in 1849 by Edwin Hammond ....^ ,^uiiv 

 Matchless and Old Greasy; Gold Drop, bred in i 861 by Edwin 

 Hammond, who was several times offered -^10,000 for him and 

 who valued him at $25,000 ; Stowell's Sweepstakes, bred in i860 

 by Edwin Hammond ; Golden Fleece, by Stowell's Sweepstakes, 

 bred m 1862, said to have earned his owner $20,000- General 

 Fremont, bred in 1865 by Tyler Stickney ; Bismark, owned by 

 H. C.BurwellofVer- ^ 



mont, that was sweep- 

 stakes Merino in 1876 

 at the Centennial Ex- 

 position ; Banker, bred 

 in 187s by V. Rich of 

 Vermont ; Rarus, bred 

 in 1874 by George 

 Hammond, winner in 

 1880 of first prize as 

 a sire at the Inter- 

 national Sheep Show 

 at Philadelphia ; Don 

 Dudley, bred in 1891 

 by J. P. Ray of New 

 York ; More Quality, 

 bred in 1898 by R. D. 

 Williamson of Ohio, 

 premier Merino sire 



at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 ; and Gold Coin 

 3013, bred by S. M. Cleaver of Ohio, distinguished as a great 

 show individual and one of the most outstanding sires of recent 

 years, his sons Gold Coin Jr. and Diamond Dust being remark- 

 able examples of the A type. Gold Coin Jr. in 19 17, in a public 

 shearing at the Ohio State University, yielded a fourteen-and-one- 

 half-months-old fleece weighing 47|^ pounds. 



A notable American Merino show-ring victory worthy of record 

 here occurred in 1863, when George Campbell of Vermont ex- 

 hibited 12 Vermont-bred Merinos at the International Exhibi- 

 tion at Hamburg, Germany. There were 1771 sheep entered in 



competition, 913 being Merinos from every part of Europe, — 

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Fig. 226. Diamond Dust, sired by Gold Coin 3013. 

 This Merino ram is an unusually fine example of 

 the A type. He is held by his breeder and owner, 

 S. M. Cleaver of Delaware, Ohio. From photograph 

 by the author 



