t)02 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Societi/ of England. 
Tjiird Day. 
Mr. JOHN HOPE, sworn : exaviined by Mr. Seymour. 
Q. Are you a merchant at Hexham, Northumberland? — A. I am. 
Q. And 1 beUeve you are in the centre there of farmers and farmers' clubs? 
— A. Yes, we are. 
Q. And have j-ou dealt very largely in linseed-cake ? — A. I have. 
Q. Of various kinds? — A. Of all the various kinds: linseed, cotton,' raixy 
seed, and everything of that kind. 
Q. Have you had large transactions with Messrs. Ayre ? — A. I have. 
Q. How long back did you first commence dealing with them ? — A. I 
have not gone through my ledger to see, but I am quite certain about 5 years 
— about that. 
Q. Did the}^ introduce to your notice the cake that has been called " Tri- 
angle Best " linseed-cake ? — A. They did. 
Q. Did they acquaint you with the circumstances under which they intro- 
duced that to the trade ? — A. In 1868, the droughty year, I was in Hull, and 
called at their office on business; and they told me that they were going to 
introduce this " Triangle Best " linseed-cake, the reasons alleged being that 
linseed, as imported, was often full of dirt and weeds, and by sitting it well, 
and making good linseed, and adding some bran, they would be selling a good, 
wholesome, useful cake that would be likely to give more satisfaction than 
the so-called " genuine " linseed-cakc. I did not understand it to be made of 
linseed entirely, but, as they said, a composite cake. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : As I understand, you say you understood it to 
be made of sifted linseed and bran? — A. Yes. 
Mr. Seymour : And you understood it to be a composite cake ? 
Mr. Field : Mr. Seymour, please ask him what occurred. 
Mr. Seymour : He used tliat expression. 
Mr. Field : What occurred ; not what he understood. 
Mr. Seymour : By " linseed-cake," what is known in the trade ? — A. That 
depends ujwn the term you put before it, whether it is pure or secondary, or 
of a third quality. 
Q. Would you, in the trade, draw a distinction between "pure" linseed- 
cake and " best" linseed-cake? — A. Do you mean " Triangle Best" ? 
Q. Yes? — A. Decidedly; there is a difference of from 20s. to 25s. a ton, 
according to the market value of linseed and other things. 
Q. Is " Triangle Best" known in the trade as a composite cake.? — A. It is. 
Q. As distinguished from the "pure" linseed-cake? — A. Decidedly. 
Q. You have supplied very largely in Northumberland this particular cake, 
the " Triangle Best"? — A, 1 have sold it for four years, and have had no fault 
found with it ; none. 
Q. 1 believe you had some deliveries of " Triangle Best " in February last ? 
—A. I had. 
Q. On the 2nd, I think ?—A. Yes. 
Q. What quantity had you ? — A. I think it was 2 tons then, and 2 tons 
later on. 
Q. Were they supplied to customers of yours? — A. Yes. 
Q. And have you had the slightest complaint about that ? — A. None. 
Q. In fact, I understand you to say that, during the five years you have 
dealt in this " Tnangle Best " cake, you have supplied it largely throughout 
Northumberland? — A. Four years. 
Q. And never had a conqjlaint? — A. No; but you will understand me; 
I have never had a fault found with it. I have always pushed pure linseed- 
