RECORD PRICE PAID FOR STUD ROMNEY RAM

Chronicle (Levin), 20 January 1949, Page 8

RECORD PRICE PAID FOR STUD ROMNEY RAM

! Otago Breeder's Purchase For 1000 Guineas | Feilding 's reputation for stud sheep j was enhanced at the 21st annual Mana- | 'Taratu and West Coast stud sheep sale 1 which opened yesterday when a Romney j rain offered on account of A. Erown and > Sons, Kiwitea, praprietors of the wellj known Bankhead stud, was sold to Mr. | Alex Murray of Mosgiel for 1050 gns., | a record price, Pyior to this noteworthy sale, the sanie vendors had sold two rains at 1000 -gns,' each and the top price came at the end of the first run i in which Messrs Brown apd Sons sold s 15 rams for 5640 gns., or an average of 376 gns. 1 . This high average was heaten "by an- \ other Kivritea hreeder, Mr. J. H. Rutherford, of the Middlewood stud, jj who sold one outstanding ram for 950 | gns. to Mr. M. Kirkpatlick of Gore who also purchased- one of Messrs Brown 's rams at 1000 gns. Mr. Rutherford 's six rams in the first run realised 2600 gns., or an average of 430 gns. The Waituna stud of the Estate of W. G. Small, Warehorne; offered two rams, one selling at 500 gns. and the other at 250 gns., the first going to " Syt'ney. The average was 375 gns. The very large attendance of the publie which crowded the pavilion, was representative of sheep breeding interests froni almost tlie North Cape to tlie Bluff and in addition Australian buyers were in attendance. An interested 7 spectator was Mr. Walter Langmead, an English breeder. j As far as top prices were concerned | yesierday's market was definitely ! htrc-nger, exceeding last year's best [ rii e of 800 gns. and tlie record price .of 1000 gns. obtained in 1944. A mat-n-r of 220 stud Romneys was offered iiut really outstanding rams were not plentiful and operators desiring the nest. blood offering were not concerned to the price tliey paid. In the first mn 92 of tlie 150 rams offered were -•(ild at a total price of just short of 10,000 guineas to give an overall average of 173 gns. The tone of the selling fluctuated and a": times was rather dead as rams which ,did not appeal were presented. The ttsle opened with the first offering of .Messrs Brown and Sons and the first lam realised 1000 gns., the buyer being Mr. Kirkpatrick of Gore. The second offering was sold at 200 gns. and tlien the third was traded at .1000 gns. to Mr. II. B. Johnston of the well-known Kamano stud at Cheltenham. From this high pitch the tone dropped until the ranif on account of tlie Estate of W. C. Small were offered when it brightened ,ip to fall away agaiu only to revive smartly as the Rutherford rams, the tirst of which luade 400 gns., came into ihe ring. The high quality Warburton Estate rams which came at the ta.il end i f the first run did not command tlie f rites this weil-known stud, Te Marama, realised last year. Tlie sale will conclude today with an ifftring of just over 200 stud Southdown rams. Details of the first run saies are as follows: — Stud Romneys. A/c. A. Brown and Sons, Kiwitea: Bankhead 314 at 1000 gns. to M. Kirk-

patrick, Gore; at 200 gns. to Dalgety & Co. as agents; Bankhead 367 at: 1000 gns. to H. B, Johnston, Cheltenham; at 210 gns. to P. Campbell, Wyndham. A/c. A. P. Southey & Sons, Masterton: At 220 gns. to Wright, Stephenson & Co., as agents; at 220 gns. to G. Fenwick, Featherston. • A/c. S. M. Palmer & Son, Havelock North: At 60 gns. to Farmers' Distributing Coj Martinborough, as agents; at 30 gns. to E. McLaughlan, Whangarei; at 30 gns. to E. R. Blaclc, Gisborne. A/c. Est. D. Robertson, Gore; At 50 gns. to J. E. Richardson, Te Akau. A/c. J. Beard, Kiwitea: At 180 gns. to J. Edwin, Gore; at 225 gns. to H; B. Dalby, Waipukurau; at, 95 gns. to B. Murray, Jnr., Gore. A/e. L. A. Soufhey, Masterton: At 25 gns. to H. Gaskill, Hamilton. A/c. J. D. Paterson, ' Marton: At 60 gns. to M. C. Holmes, Otaki; at 30 gns. to K. Smith, Marton; a4 25 gns.„to T. Henderson, Fordell; at 40 gns. to Mungavin Bros,, Ohau. , A/e. Wairarapa Training Farm: At 25 gns. to W. Grounds, North Auckland. A/c. Est. W. C. Small, Feilding-: Warehorne 231 at. 500 gns. to N.Z. Loan &' Mercantile Agency Co., Sydney; Warehorne 243 at 250 gns. to A. Southey, Masterton. A/c. T. E. Craine, Kiwitea: At 60 gns. to 0;Neill Bros., Wanganui; at 100 gns. to H. B. McLeod, Helensville; at 200 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Feilding; at 45 gns. to B. B. 'Johnston', Te Kuiti; ■at 50 gns. to G. Mitehell, Longburn; at 60 gns. to A. G. Tibb}', Tokorimu. A/e. Est. A. Rowbottom, Otane: At 25 gns. to V. B. Short, Feilding; at 20 gns. to McLeay Bros., Turakina; at 25 gns. to D. Henderson, Fordell. A/c. K. G. Dalziell & Sons, Whakarongo: At 40 gns. to D. L, Younger, Feilding; at 30 gns. to Levett Bros., North Auckland. A/c. C. R. Edgecombe, Waipukurau: At 70 gns. to W.' Grounds, North Auckland. A/c. E. E, F. Craine, Stanway: At 60 gns. to C. H. Wilton, Pahiatua. A/c; N. T. Wyeth, Masterton: At 50 gns.- to Messrs Peat and Stewart, Wanganui; at 40 gns. to Messrs N. McKay and Sons, Masterton. A/c. L>. Kilgour, Kiwitea: At 2G0 gns. to L. N. Hoggard, Pahiatua; at 70 j gns. to Bruce Johnston, Te Kuiti; at i 75 gns. to I. Scoft, Taihape. A/c. J. H. Rutherford, Kiwitea: At 400 gns. to MeSsrs Dalgety & Co. Ltd.; at 450 gns. to Messrs Akers Estate, Ashhurst; at 250 gns. to E. E. Heclcindorf, Sydney, New South Wales; at 520 gns. to J. A. Mitehell, Longburn.; at 80 gns. to Messrs Batchelar Bros., Linton; at 950 gns. to M. Kirkpatrick, Gore, A/e. Mana Stud, Dannevirke: At 550 gns. to B. Armstrong, Dannevirke; at 60 gns. to East Coast Commission; at 110 gns, to T. Norris, Bulls; at 60 gns. to F. J. Soler, Marton. A/c. Est. R. Robertson, Gore: One at 100 gns, to N. F, Taylor, Winton. A/c. A. P. Southey & Sons, Masterton: At 110 gns. to Bartosh & Doole, Taihape. A/c. O. A. Wyeth, Masterton: At 25 gns. to Thompson Bros., Hastings. A/c. J. B. Mitehell, Palmerston Nth.: At .300 gns. to Est. W. G. Mitehell. Invercargill; at 105 gns. to H, B, McLeod, Helensville. A/c. R. T. N. Fergusson, Martofl: At 25 gns. to E. W. G. Toipbleson, Wairoa; one at 80 gns. A/c. H. B. Johnston, Cheltenham: At 60 gns. to C. Dickson, Mangaweka; at 475 gns. to Brown Bros., Kiwitea; at 180 gns. to N. J. Short, Waituna; at 50 gns. to L. A. Southey, Masterton; at 50 gns. to H. D. Jones, Onewhero; at 90 gns. to F. England, Hunterville; at 50 gns. and one at 150 gns. to Wairarapa Training Farm; at 110 gns. to H. T. Gaskill, Hamilton; at 60 gns. to D. G. Gordon and Sons. Taihape; at 70 gns. to N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Te Kuiti. A/e. H. Bowen, Bulls: At 35 gns. and one at 40 gns. to W. A. Todd, Otane. A/e. A. Brown and Sons, Kiwitea: At 1S0 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Sydney; at 250 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Sydney; Bankhead 181 at 1050 gns. to A. Murray, Mosgiel; at 200 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Feilding; at 200 gns. to R. P. Martin and Hoeking Est., Kiwitea; at 200 gns. to H. A. Stewart, Feilding; at 160 gns. toi Batchelar Bros., Linton; at 47ff-gns. to Dalgety & Co., Invercargill; at 200 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Feilding; at 100 gns. to N„ and G. Blatchford, Masterton; at 220 gns. to H. Strakra, North Auckland. A/c. D. M. MacDonald, Dannevirke: At 270 gns. to J. jRichardson, Te Akau; at 50 gns. to N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Levin; at 10Q gns. to A. and J. Gray, Masterton. A/c. Est. E. D. Warburton, Kiwitea: At 125 gns. and at 100 gns. to Guardian Trust, Auckland; at 70 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Invercargill; at 50 gns. to Dalgety & Co., Kaikohe; at 50 gns. to Levett Bros., North Auckland; at 120 gns. to M. Conway, Cheltenham; two at 60 gns. to S. J. Strahan, Apiti. A/c. W. R. Oakley, Waipukurau: At 250 gns, to Balfour Est,, Pahiatua.