CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 19 February 1887, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE LATE' EAM SALE^ [To xhb-Editor.] Sm.—Will you allow me through the columns of. your, valuable paper to reply to a report that has gained currency in .the Wairarapa to the effect that at the Maaterton Bam and ■Ewe Pair Mr Stuckeyran up the rams we sold by &uction for- him. And in writing, this I wish tarbmove any anch misapprehension; byetatkig poaitivoly that with the:Oscßptioii «wono exoeptionaUy gooiram,:WhicWo started at five pounds, etoh rim was started by me at threeigwnoaa.'.&nd beyond that every bid was a. bona: fide one, Mr Stuokey-not making a bid, or interfering throughout tKe sale; in fact, it was qnito unnowsjary for Mr fitaekay to interfere Tvith;tho sale of eifM; kis Lincolns,. Shropehlre, or Southdokg; the quality in each; case, more cspeei. ally in the Liqtfolns, exciting general admiration, Bug," together with' tb« fact of Mr Stuckoy's reputafion as t breeder and judge of sheep in the classes ' above mentioned,'' and the result of thesale;mu?t carry.convietion ■to all when. iHii figures : :are; given. Lincolns, forty -of which were sold, made from £B'ss'to £6 7b 6d;' Shropshire Downs, If) jold at from £2lo* to £Bl2s 6d,.Sonlhdowns,C sold, from £8 2s 6d to £8 ss, all being sold under tho hammer, ,-this being the best average prices-obtained this season against 'either locally bred or imported sheep. ,';;U /lam,etc., hh K \ Auctioneer.