PEDIGREE STOCK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12972, 27 November 1907, Page 7

PEDIGREE STOCK.

SOME RECENT IMPORTATION'S. (SFECIAIt TO "TUB *MSBS« ) WELLINGTON, November 26. By tfcd steamer, Tongviro thero have reached New Zealand a number of Britten pedigree animate, whioh should have an important influence on ttoe countrye live stock. They include < (says the "Dominion") six sheirling 4 llomaey rams, four Border Leicester ( shearling rams, end a couple- of yearling Clyd«*ial<w for Mr D. Murray, ot Warepa, Otago, and two Border rams . for Mr Watson Shennon, of Oonicai j Hill Station, Otago. j Mr Murray selected the etock himself, and came out with it, The most mtwcetaiie of tho sheep is tiho clwim- 1 pion sbewling Roraney ram of Eng- < land, first at the Royal ajd other lead- 1 ing Shows, which Mr Murray pur- , Ohased under the hammer a*, the Ashford sale at tho record price of IoU guinexa. In order to ascertain the re- < quircmente of American and CO""" 0 * : buvors, a clats has been established at 1 the great Kent fciicep Fair, an.mu.Uy j held at, Adiford, for the best woolled sheep, which n committee of the foreign buyers is asked to judge. At thss year's fair tho judges wero Mr Murray, i Mr Elgar (also of New Zoiila<nd}, and ] an Argentine breeder. The shearling , purchased by Mr Murray was first in . this dace, in which thero was an en,tr> < of 56. He was bred by Mr C. J lie, ] •md is the progeny of Mr G. C. « heeler's Palniereton Champion. Like line < sire, ho has great width in front. lias . a. good beck, and is very well ribbed ; up. Tho fifth sheep in tho olnra wee purchased by Mr Klgir at 130 guineas. , Mr Murray's other sheep include one i bred by Rigden, and fourth at the : iJnjllish Royal Show, purchased pri- ', vatelv at 50 guineas, a particularly , nico fdieep; ono bred by Neaiii, a good ; woolfed sihoop, but week in the back; ', awl a File sheep, with a fairly good . fleece and symmetrical carcase, but on . tho small eid«. , The Borders brouffht by Mr Murra> aro a. fino lot. They include the first j prize winner at the Royil Show, & , sheep bred by Hume, of Barrelwoll. This is a remarkably well-topped sheep, of good length, well ■woolled to ! tho head, with niioe ears and en even | flttte, lv.t fclldnfi nv. iy a Httkl " int '■ front. Another bred by the Messrs Smiitb. of Lcceton, is a well-woollcd, good-framed e&eop, but built on smaller lines than the others. Then thero is an Irish-bred Border out of a Scotch ■ ewe by a Polwertli rim, a well-built cheep. but not Slaving a strong typ* of wool. Another of Mr Murray's fclheen was bred iby JlattihiCTV . Temple ton. Botili Mr Shennan's sheep are from tihe PoFwi.rth flock,-woolled well up to the head, with oven quality of fleece, rather small ears, ell over very good sheep. The two yearling Olydeedalee imparted by Mr Murrey are high-oketi animals. The most valuable from a Hon:e point of view was first and champion at the Lockerbie Show, Scotlamd, and is of the most aristocratic blood, being by Alontrave M«o (sold for a tHioueind.guineas as a two-year-, old) out of Lady Lothian, an unbeaten mare. Hβ has a very good body, with l*igs lighter than is desired in tfliis country, but having flat bone xnd not tlho grottiest of heads. He stands more back on Jus pasterns than New Zealand draiiiiglute, tiut thie is aimed >*t in Scotland at the present time. Hie corcipanion was got by Baron son, a son of Baron's Pirido. *md tee never bean eliown. His body is as good as pat of the otflior, but he ia heavier in. tho leg, and shows more feather. From c Mew Zealand standpoint thero is no comjvirison' between the legs of tlho two horses. Hβ has nice flat bono. is exceptionally good in *he knee-bone, m wliioh point he is much superior to one or two of our imported horses, and ho hae excellent feet of good site. Bo has a particularly good top, an ex-oop-honer rdb, a capitaj flank, strong behind the ehonldere, end a very nice neck. All over lie is tho type New /ioajand breeders ere looking for. He was aeon in his box on board the Toneanro by Sir P. Martin, of Oarowu, wlio jiirijged t!ho draught stock at tfawem. Mr Martin expreeeed tiho opuijon that he would'develop into a erect horee, nnd that ho resembled V fSSS m, i c^r the etook of Mr J- l>. MdtclicuJ, or Manaia.