IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHDOWNS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 18, 22 January 1935, Page 11

IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHDOWNS

WELL BRED CONSIGNMENT. I Four notable examples of the Bout-h« i down breed of sheep arrived by the Monowai from Sydney the other day to the order of New Zealand breeders. The rams have undergone the three months’ quarantine in Sydney neceesifated bv t-he New Zealand import regulations/ Two of the rams are for Mr. J. Grigg of Longbeach. The two rams are from a pick of four of the whole of Lady Ludlow’s notable Luton Hoo tiock, which was very successful at the British Royal Show, securing the majority of the Southdown awards and championships. Tho bettor of the two sheep, if it is possible to discriminate between such excellent specimens, is by a four-shear Luton Hoo ram out of r 10-year-old owe, considered the best in the flock, she has been a prize-winner in her day, and is the dam of many famous offspring. The other ram is also by Luton Hoo prize-winning ram out of a top stud owe. The name Sandringham occurs frequently in the pedigree of this sheep, a« the sire of tnc grand-dam is the famous Sandringham 76 of 1921 bred by the King. 'l'he remaining rams are for Messrs \V e G. Kay and P. Hoban, of Te Awamutu. On* is fro.ni the flock of Lady Ludlow, and the other from J. Pierpont Morgan’s Alderham flock. This latter rain, incidental.?, is by a Luton Hoo ram which Pierpont Morgan secured at a large figure from this stud in 1931. The four sheep have been* unloaded and taken to quarantine on Somes Island. A breeder who sew thorn en arrival remarked that this consignment would do much to improve the Southdown breed in the Doiminion.