SALE OF SOUTHDOWNS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18642, 25 February 1924, Page 10

SALE OF SOUTHDOWNS.

NOTABLE IMPORTATIONS.

HIGH PRICES REAJLISED.

The sale of a largo consignment of imported Southdown rams brought to the Dominion some months ago by Messrs. B. H. and J. U. G- Slack, and which was held on the morning of People's Day of the Master ton Show, attracted a representative attendance of breeders. * Tho sheep were personally selected by the vendors from the well-known flocks of His Majesty the King, the Earl of Derby, th,e Duke of Richmond,. Sir W. Bird, Rev. Brocklebank, Messrs. J. Langmead and W. Langmead. l . The prices secured were as follows:— j Breeder, J. Langsmead, Northwood •! Ford. Arundel, England: Flansham 14 of 1922, buyer E. Mabel - Tokomaru,sSgns.; Flansham 42 of 1922, buyer ■: TV H. G. Lloyd, Dannevirke, 28gns.; Flansham 36 of 1922, buyer J. R. Taylor, Manutahi, Hawera, 35gns. --; ••;■■• ■%i Breeder, H:M. the King, Sandringham: Sandringham 122 of 1922, buyer W. H. Field, M.P., Waikanae, laOgnsr . , Breeder, Rev Brocklebank, Cambridge: Bartlow H 66, buyer J. Donald, West-, mere, 130gns. • •*- > ■ •,. r - "•, :,r Breeder. Duke of Richmond, Chichester: Goodwood 7 of 1922, buyer, J. Allison, Wanganui, lOlgns., > v . Breeder, Sir Wm. Bird, Chichester: Eartham 2of i 4922, buyer R. Beetham, Brancepeth, 85gns.; Eartham 16 of 1922, buyer, W. H. Buick and Son, ; Masterton, lOlgns.; Eartham 30 of 1922, buyer. Canterbury Agricultural , ; College," 65gns.; Eartham 37 of 1922, buyer Weston Estate, New Plymouth, 80gns. ; Eartham 66 of 1922, buyer R. Buick, Masterton, 95gns.; Eartham 6 of 1922, buyer R. Cooper, Gladstone, 60gns.; Eartham 9of 1922, buyer R. F. R. Beetham, Masterton,' 80gns. Breeder, the Earl of Derby, Newmarket: Hatchfield Jliemon of 1923, buyer J. Donald, Westmere, Wanganui, ; l2sgns. ' Breeder, His Majesty the King, Sandringham: Sandringham 3 of 1923. buyer W. Howard Booth, Carterton, 15%n5.; Sandringham 7 of 1923, buyer ■ Frank Wall, Martinborough, 80gns.; Sandringham 118 of i 1923, buyer W. HField, M.P. I , Wellington, 94gns. ; , Breeder, Duke of Richmond, Chichester Goodwood 2 of 1923. buyer H. J. Andrew, Oamaru, 50gns; Goodwood 14. of 1923, buyer H. J. Andrew. Oamaru, SOgrjs.; Goodwood 15 of 1923, H. W. Lee, Masterton, 52gns.; Goodwood 16 of 1923, buyer J. Donald, Westmere, Wanganui, 90gns.j Goodwood 22 of 1923, buyer G. J. Hawkins, Makaukia, 40gns.; Goodwood 25 of 1923, buyer A. J. Faulkner. Gisborne, lOOgns.; Goodwood 46 of 1923,. buyer G. L. Marshall, Turakina, 115gns. , ; Breeder, Sir Wm. Bird, Chichester: Eartham .4 of 1923, buyer G. Lufton, Waverley, 65gns. • .- Breeder, W. Langmead, Wicks: Preston , Place 1 of 1923, buyer C. Wagland, Masterton, 65gns. s':- « j