Annual Ram Fair.

Hastings Standard, Issue 238, 4 February 1897, Page 2

Annual Ram Fair.

Th.' annual ram fair took place today at the Hastings racecourse. There were a ;_;ood number of pens tilled from different parts of the district, and many from distant parts of the North and South Islands. The attendance was lar:, r <\ but the bidding was not brisk, and several lots wore pa -• d in. Amongst the lots submitted we iv rains from the I locks of: Lincoln A. Mel lardy, .1. ('. Watt.s, •1. 11. Chambers. Smith i'.rtw, N.Z. and A. Land Co., Ltd., Duncan Blair, T. H. Lowry, D. S. Fleming, L Heid, Hon. M. Holmes, G. Sutton, K. Menlove. A. Dillon, Dolbi [ Urns., J,'mien Collins, Bremer Bros., I red Sutton** Owen Ilav.es, Henry llartive. Border Leicester Neb-on Bros., 1 Limited), and John Heid. Homney Marsh —l. 15. Chambers, Smith Bros., and -lohn Heid. Shropshire Down—Nelson Bros. (Limited). H tlf bn d Archibald McLean. Messrs Williams and Kettle were the first to submit MrMeliardy's rains to the attention of buyers. Only a few peiis chuiti'fd ban-Is, the hii'fiest price ' . 1 - M it Lineolns iv!»li«ed from j,irn to Mr B. ('b:imK'r>' Luieolns were passed in. Likewise til-- Boarder Leicester* of .Mrs-is Nel-oii Bros. Shropshire I towns b<'lon-_'im» to the latter brought Js?n. The lir-a four pens of Me-,srs Smith Bros Lineolns jias-e'i to Mr.l. M'Kinnon t ■ i 1 ' i ■ 'i Koiimey Marsh by the same u-ndors w«-r« pa -d. I m N/ L i i M d'mitted a line of Lineolns whirli reals i Mr D. Bi.or - , W aui'sumi) Lincoln* broiiL'ht freim 2,'l'ijs to ti-os. Mr I.«>wn's lots of Laic'iilns were parsed m. Ditto Mr ID. I ieinin^'i. A « oil-, 'nmeiit from Mr -lobn Ru,l (o,inia r tii eon ■ i;,l.' t Linci'lns and Rmuuh \- f uled to ehanjre hands. The ,-,inie bn 1 ' arl r L -ic-tt-r- were ■ , i ..f at l;C'u- and 2i r n-. A lino ■ f f. Land t ■ >!:i[> - inv s Lincoln-; s d ti. ■ niark>a little, and a j«o<«l liee i han_;>-d hand■» from ;f trll~i to 11 Sutton's Lincoln • vhi'm ■ is-pn-d ■ L th. ; pt n b it!.; put ch-t- d Mrii. l\ I • -iii.* 1!» .l' (in-, ii." -,'ud r.LI:.- .imioniiO'd flit 2 o'tiljtk an i thv : lit; wjl, still proceeding hi iv* go to pre«B.