DEATH OF MR. C. FILE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1404, 2 April 1912, Page 8

DEATH OF MR. C. FILE.

NOTED KOILNEY MAKSII BREEDER. The "Livo Stock Jouriial"~sfates flint li'om lley ALarsh sitcop breeders uver tlie world will hear with the deepest regret of tlie death, oil l'rulay, I'ebruary 'J, of All'. Charles l'lie, of iilham, Canterbury, at tlie comparative early age. of just miner iifty-six. t'cw men, l" the euininti'ativeiy short period he had spent in business, have accomplished 'greater work for tlie bcnelit of the breed than. Mr. Pile, who, although lie luul not the advantage of succeeding to a made flock, himself built up one Which, without question, is fully entitled to be acknowledged as tho "champion flock of its breed." The place which exhibitors of tho breed will liml vacant at every show-yard gathering will intensify the loss, that they have sustained, and particularly will this be so on tlie night before the judging. upon sncii occasions that Charles i'lle s geniality and good comradeship showed to perfection. Lver. ready to congratulato a successful opponent, he was one of that sportsmanlike band of exhibitors who could take Jiis defeat with a smiling face, mid-without finding fault. Tlie flock which ho has left to his family is one of tho most choicely-bred ones in the country. The ililiani hock has won greater distinctions in the sliowyards of England, Australia, New Zealand, and the Argentine than any otlier of the breed- Its late owner has made a record unequalled by any ot' his breeders ;n respect to prices realised, and the UOUgiis. lie obtained at the Itoyat Show last year iormed the highest price ever realised by a Kent slfeep.' His all too short show-yard career had a most notable and succcsslul ending, ior last year he'wou outright at the Ashford I,'ani Show and.Sa'o tne 50gns. Uunlher Challenge Cup for the best ram, and became holder of the third Laurence Hardy Challenge Cup, he having won the second oiie outright in 1900.'. He also won the first prize and the Cooper Challenge Cup for the group of the best live yearling rams,and one of liis consignment made the top price of the sale, a position which his sheep had secured for liini during the past five years, and he also held the record average of <I*lo 10s. -Id. the highest average ever made by a single consignor at Ashford, for seventeen rams. 1

With respect to the show-yard career as a whole, it may be noted that during the years 189-4- to 1911 no fewer than :)B2 awards have been won at the leading shows of England, New Zealand, Australasia/and Argentina. The flock was one of the .first.to become individually numbered, and it was the first of its size to be individually entered in the English Flock Book. Its late owner was a thorough believer in pedigree bleeding, one of his oft-riuoted axioms being: "l r ou can only-breed'the right sort by mating the right sort, and to do that you must knowhow each is bred."