ANOTHER DEATH IN QUARANTINE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 933, 28 September 1910, Page 8

ANOTHER DEATH IN QUARANTINE.

S/:-'; IMJroEraD: ; HBRE?OED BULL." 'Pedigree imported' stock, has not. had ■-'- ; ~-. the best of luck lately. A few days ago :•;:. the: deith of .Mr. Ernest Short's Eomney Marsh ram Godwin 4th (reserve champion /'"V'atl the' Argentine Show) :,was reported as v.-.v having; occurred while the - animal Pi'-in- quarantine on .Somes Island,-prior .to; > - its; being returned ;to'■■. the .farm:;.at..AY«:• ' s y> tuna' .AVest.; ' ■■'-:'i..'...-..:. V.:"■ '■ :;:-:,■: > s *■■'> £\ ! ..-.Mr:0G..:.C.. AVheeler,.' of: Stanway.V.Hal* •.'■; eolme, also has a .heavy; loss' i- -ithrough .a:.death .ohf the island.' 'A.few "■■■■' weeks.ago the U.'urakiha brought but*for: v,;:-' Mr. Wheeler,: a bull and two heifers, all .",pedigree Herefords,- but the bull did not i .v : - live to. be taken to ■ its .proposed head- '■' > : quarter's."; It was-.found; one: morning re- :::;'; 'cehtly. : '.with."its- neck dislocated, presiim- ■ S'-'ably having ihad,a heavy fall overnight. i" ; Thevbiill-: was;,';Eatbn; Statesman," ;by /V ■ : ;>'. Eaton.:Masterpiece,'.'..and ..was''l7: ■•months' Wheeler; .stated thatvthough .' : .t .■ never'-a'ctually • exhibited ■■ in - England, ow- ;■-;; ingVtoj the \ date of his ■ birth;-being: un-ft.\V-sni table?, for .English, show-yards,. "Eaton V;'; Statesman"- hevertheless.i:comes'.from;• a; 6v:- great"; strain of iVpHze-winhers,'.' his half-;J *£-.brother >being:" the;: winning'yearling at' ; '-if,;the. Royal' Show,:'this year.',; His dam, ;?:isi?'Lady , 'Lottie;;n" is a noted nrize-winUier,' v'f while.;'his "grand-dam "Lottie"," realised' *'■■?.. th 'highest: price; ~(.£?20)' '■■■ at,: the salerof; l; : ; ,' Mr.. Price's herd;V:in : .:189Cv\,His; sire;? ; : ; ; :';'Eatoh .'Masterpiece," ;ahd-his grandsire,-* £ : iK"Glendower II" were;.also winners at: the S'i;::Eoyai;rShow, while".:" thei great-grandsire, ;;iv;''M6narch";.wasi; usually- cbnsidered 'the, jvfi best'; of; the.;sons.>;pTsthat;,wbrld-renowned: fi ! ';-:"Lord':,AVilton,"''who .only'changed,hands .W^tXtheVprice'of;33Boo.-,•;■:;' :, ; V . ' '■!.\