STUD SHEEP FOR NEW ZEALAND

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 41, 12 November 1937, Page 2

STUD SHEEP FOR NEW ZEALAND

Advice has been received from Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., that to the supreme champion pen ot Souiu down ewe's at the English Royal Show Messrs. Ellis Bros, have also P ur^. England seven outstanding stud ewes from the Sandringham flock of Kin= George VI. Three of these ewes were sired by Sandringham 127 of 1933 the famous breeding son of Luton Hoo 64 X 1927, two were sired by bandringham °67 of 1934, who descends from Luton Hoo 49 of 1927, and the sires of the remaining pair were Sandringham 43 of 1933, a soS of that other great breeding ram. Luton Hoo 64 of 19-7, and San ringham 189 of 1933, who was by Bu<kland 21 of 1929, a noted i>on of another famous breeder in Buckland Clipper. This particular ewe, Sandringham 92 of IJ3O, has also a strain of Buckland Clipper on the maternal side. . , „ The three ewes in the champion pen at the English Royal Show were registered in England as Ford Royal Supreme English Flora, Ford Royal Supreme English Flossie and Ford Royal Supreme English Freda. These were bred by John Landmead and Sons. Two of them were sired by Aldenhain 162 of 1934, a . grandson Ot Gatton Park H. 156, who is descended from Luton Hoo 988 of ''■o26. The tbir' of the ewes is also descended from the latter ram through Aldenbam 46 of 1933. On the maternal side two of the ewes are descended from Ford Commander, a »n of Gatton Park H. 156. Ford Commander was the sire of Ford Christian, who was also imported to New Zealand through Wright, Stephenson and Co. for Sir William and Mr. R. M. Perry, and who has met with outstanding success in these well-known Wairarapa flocks. All of the above ewes were mated to leading English sires before being sent into quarantine, and M right, btephenson’s have had cable advice that they have just been shipped to Australia en route to New Zealand.