xcviii Award of Live Stock Prizes at Newcastle, 1908 
[Unless otherwise stated, each prize animal named below was “ bred by exhibitor.”] 
Class 242. — Pens of Three Lincoln Yearling Ewes , in wool. 1 
[8 entries, 1 absent.] 
1956 I. (£10.)— CHARLES E. Howard, Nocton Rise, Lincoln. 
1954 II. (£ 5 .)— S. E. DEAN & SONS, Dowsby Hall, Bourne. 
1952 III. (£ 3 ).— J. E. CASSWELL, Laughton, Folkingham. 
1958 It. N. & H. C.— William B. SWALLOW, Wootton Lawn, Ulceby. 
Leicesters . 2 
Class 243. — Leicester Shearling Rams. [10 entries, none absent.] 
1966 I. (£10.)— J. E. & C. H. SIMPSON, Pilmoor House, Hunmanby. 
1963 II. (£ 5 . ) — E. F. JORDAN, Eastburn, Driffield. 
1960 III. (£ 3 , & Special 3 * !, & 1961 R. N. & H. C., & R. N. for Special. 3 — George 
Harrison, Gainford Hall Darlington. 
Class 244. — Pens of Three Leicester Ram Lambs. [4 entries.] 
1970 I. (£10), & 1971 R. N. & H. C.— George Harrison, Gainford Hall, Darlington. 
1969 II. (£5.)— John Cranswick, Field House, Hunmanby. 
1972 III. (£ 3 .)— J. E. & C. H. Simpson, Pilmoor House. Hunmanby. 
Class 245. — Pens of Three Leicester Shearling Ewes , of the same Floclt. 
[ 7 entries, none absent.] 
1976 I. (£10.)— E. F. JORDAN, Eastburn, Driffield. 
1978 II. (£ 5 ), & 1979 R. N. & H. C.— J. E. & C. H. Simpson, Pilmoor House, 
Hunmanby. 
1973 III. (£ 3 .)— John Cranswick, Field House, Hunmanby. 
1974 Special, 3 & 1975 R. N. for Special 3 .— George Harrison, Gainford Hall, 
Darlington. 
Class 246. — Pens of Three Leicester Ewe Lambs. [3 entries.] 
1982 I. (.£10.)— J. E. & C. H. SIMPSON, Pilmoor House, Hunmanby. 
1981 II. (£5), & 1980 III. (£3.)— George Harrison, Gainford Hall, Darlington. 
Border Leicesters . 5 
Class 247. — Border Leicester Rams , Two-Shear and upwards. 
[17 entries, 6 absent.] 
1983 I. (£15, & R. N. for Champion. «)— ' The Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, H.P., Whit- 
tinghame, Prestonkirk, for Leaston Surprise 1636, born in 1904. 
1095 II. (£7 10s., and Special. 7 ) — William Robson, Low Hedgeley, Alnwick, for ram, 
born in March, 1906. 
1996 III. (£3.)— A. & J. K. Smith, Leaston, Upper Keith, East Lothian, for Leaston 
Sir James 1865, born March 19, 1905. 
1985 IV. (£2.)— The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G.. K.T., Dalkeith 
Park, Dalkeith, for ram, born March 6, 1906. 
1993 R. N. & H. C.— Messrs. Nicholson, Manor House, Lanchester, for Manor Wonder. 
Class 248. — Border Leicester Shearling Rams. [36 entries, 4 absent.] 
2003 I. (£20, & Champion. 6 )— A. Cameron & SONS, Westside Farm, Brechin. 
2035 II. (£12 10s.), 2033 IV. (£2) & 2034 R. N. & H. C.— Robert Wallace, Auchenbrain, 
Mauchline. 
2C06 III, (£5, & Special") — T homas CLARK, Oldhamstocks Mains, Cockburnspath. 
2022 V. (£2.) — WILLIAM ROBSON, Low Hedgeley, Alnwick. 
1 Prizes given by the Lincoln Long-wool Sheep Breeders’ Association. 
2 £18 towards these Prizes were given by the Leicester Sheep Breeders’ Association. 
3 Special Prize of £5, given by the Northumberland and Durham Agricultural 
Societies, for Members of those Societies only, for the best Ram in Class 243. 
3 Special Prize of £5, given by the Northumberland and Durham Agricultural 
Societies, for Members of those Societies only, for the best pen of Shearling Ewes in 
Class 245. 
6 £30 towards these Prizes were given by the Society of Border Leicester Sheep 
Breeders, and £22 10s. through the Newcastle Local Committee. 
6 Perpetual Challenge Cup, value Sixty Guineas, given by the Society of Border 
Leicester Sheep Breeders, for the best Ram or Ewe in Classes 247-249. A Silver Medal 
will be awarded to the winner of the Cup on its return to the R.A.S.E. 
7 Special Prize of £20 given by the Newcastle Farmers' Club for the best Border 
Leicester Sheep in Classes 247-249, exhibited by a Tenant Farmer in the Counties of 
Northumberland or Durham. 
» Special Prize of £5 given by the Northumberland and Durham Agricultural 
Societies, for Members of those Societies only, for the best Ram in Classes 247 and 248. 
