IMPORTED SHEEP, PER SHIP WAITANGI.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2512, 26 April 1882, Page 3

IMPORTED SHEEP, PER SHIP WAITANGI.

The following are the particulars of tho Southdown ewes and rams and white pigs of the breed so highly prised and so n n* improved by the late Prince Consort, and from the fact of hi: having been a large breeder of this class if piijs and great prizs winner with them the breed has been known for years as the Prince Albert. The above sheep and pigs have jast arrived per the N.Z. Shipping Company's ves-el Waitangi, to the order of Mr Bluett, of Hohombe, Leeston. They are a grand lot of animals, and reflect immense credit on the judgment of the Prince of Wales'agent, Beck, E;q., who selected them for Mr Bluett, as also on Captain Friston and those who had charge of them during a long and trying voyage, for the grand condition in which they have arrived. Of the six rams one is by a Bon of Bath, from a ewe bred by Mr Bigdea. This ram was shown at the Crystal Palace in 1891 at the Wooilen Exhibition. His grandsire Bath won first prize at the centennial show of the Bath and W. st of .England Society, held at Bith. He was got by a shearling ram, hired by the Prince of Wales from the Duke of Richmond. Bath won prizes at the Royal show, and at the Paris Exhibition. One is by Kilburn, a pvjza sheep at the Royal in London in 1879, and from a ewe of the Sandringham stock. One is from Mr Jonas Webb's blood; this flock is one of the beat in England. One is of Mr Fook'a blood. One is by a son of Bath and from a ewa of Mr Fook'a blood, one is bred by Mr Rigdan'a blood. Mr Rigden is one of the oldest Southdown breeders in Kngland. This yoar he obtained first and second prizes for shearling rams at tho Royal Agricultural Show, held at Ferby. The above are th-> particulars supplied to Mr Bluett by Mr Beck, ' the Prince's agent. Of the twelve ewes, ths i 3ame gentleman gives the following account: One is by Bristol, a highly commended ram of the Prince's at the Koyal ;• how in 1878. One is descended from Mr Fooks' stock. One is from Mr Coleman's stock. This gentleman is now one of the largest prize takers'in England. One is from Mr Jonas Webb's stock. Mr Jonas Webb's Southdowns are so well known and have been before the public for bo many years that any comment upon their superior quality would be superfluous. One is by Southampton, from a Sandringham ewe. Southampton won a first prize for his Royal Highness. One is from lord Locdes' blood. The late Lord Londes was one of the most successful breeders of in Norfolk, and a; his death the whole stock waß sold._ One is from Mr Qorringe's blood. Mr Gorringe has »ome very fine quality ahei>p, and takes prizes at leading shows. One is _ by a son of Bath, another Royal first prizejsheep from a Sandringham ewe. One is by Kilburn, a Royal first p/iza sheep, and from a Sandringham ewe. Three are deacended from the Dnkeof Richmond's b'ood. Eight of the above ewes were, before leaving Sandringham, tupped by a ram that won first prize for his Royal Highness as a shearling at the Royal Show iu 1880. Four were tuppad by Kristol, a highly commended ram of the Prince of Wa'.n ■', at the Royal Show in 1878. The two wine sows and boar of the Prince Consort's breed are from Mr Hugh Aylmer, the celebrated shorthorn breeder of West Dereham Abbey, Norfolk, and were selected by Mr Beck, the Prince's agent, for Mr Bluett, his Royal Highness having none of the breed at Sandringham. Both the aheep and pigs ore wonderfully good, and have come out in grand condition, They will be on v ew|c"or a few days at Wilkin and Co., and will, to those who are fond of good stock, repay the trouMe of a visit, as it is not every day one sees such a lot of really magnificent animals. We consider both the Bheep and pigs by far the best of their class of any that have ever been imported to Canterbury, and we wißh the spirited importer every success with them, and doubt not but that once the export of frozen meat to the London market becomes here an established fact this class of sheep will hold a very prominent position among the various flocks of New Zealand.