■A-t'-'tlie late fat -stock- exhibition ai-tls-V lington, . London, pthe leading, pen ©£,.; three Lincoln lambs - sealed scwt, Oqr. 121 b., although one pen -weighed sowt./ lqrr The -Breed Gup (£so).'■'was won/by > Mr - Pear’s . Linboih ;'wetheyg, the, : trLcr-’-weighing lOeirb Oqr 1 lib. q#? Wales Challenge Cup/value r £±oo/^and the-C9biampioa-Plate,-:' value £SO? rvm& ; wot& q by the Earl of Ellesmere with v llis pen dp? three Suffolk wethers, scaling Bctrt-y'Sqrq 21b. All the a.bove are under 24 months/ old. At the late Smithheld Show three fat Suffolk wethers, exhibited, .by the Earl of Ellesmere, carried eveitytbin'g before them. They came outsat- the top of the list, afterwards being, awarded the £ls silver cup for the best jpen of their breed, the £SO challenge cup'".'for. the best pear of three short-woolled sheep or la mbs in. the show, and finally the Prince of Wales’s Challenge Gup, value £IOO/ for • the best pen - of three sheep or lambs in the show bred by the exhibitor. The same animals were also exploited- at Norwich, but they wer-o.'mot ' so; .successful there being first in'fhedr class and reserve for the special prise , for the best pen of shearing wethers orewes in the show. ; At' Norwich their 4 ’ weight was given as 7bwt. 3qr; 241b:/* and ' at SrbithfieTd • Scyt."-ijq-r- 2fb.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 52
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