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... successful with their opponents . So matters went on several times , until it was found necessary to stop , and no decision could be given . The poor men got a proper ducking , and some of them were even in great danger of being drowned ...
... successful with their opponents . So matters went on several times , until it was found necessary to stop , and no decision could be given . The poor men got a proper ducking , and some of them were even in great danger of being drowned ...
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... successful exhibitors at our great annual fat shows . They are not only great purveyors themselves , but they supply a good proportion of the Christmas prize animals to the chief butchers of London , Birming- ham , Liverpool , Newcastle ...
... successful exhibitors at our great annual fat shows . They are not only great purveyors themselves , but they supply a good proportion of the Christmas prize animals to the chief butchers of London , Birming- ham , Liverpool , Newcastle ...
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... successful in the trade . Mr Forrest was a cow - jobber : he rented all the grass land round Hamilton Palace for many years from the Duke of Hamilton . He bought nothing but cows , and it was said he would ride 100 miles to buy a farrow ...
... successful in the trade . Mr Forrest was a cow - jobber : he rented all the grass land round Hamilton Palace for many years from the Duke of Hamilton . He bought nothing but cows , and it was said he would ride 100 miles to buy a farrow ...
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... successful exhibitors . The first I shall mention is James Bruce , Burnside , Fochabers ; I cannot enumerate his prizes , but he crowned the whole by winning in 1872 the 100 - guinea cup and gold medal at the Smith- field show for the ...
... successful exhibitors . The first I shall mention is James Bruce , Burnside , Fochabers ; I cannot enumerate his prizes , but he crowned the whole by winning in 1872 the 100 - guinea cup and gold medal at the Smith- field show for the ...
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... successful as a breeder . Mr C. began to breed this class of stock about thirty years ago , and " Lord Scarboro ' , " " Mosstrooper , ' " Bees- wing , " " Garioch Boy , " " Scarlet Velvet , " and " Diph- thong , " are some of the ...
... successful as a breeder . Mr C. began to breed this class of stock about thirty years ago , and " Lord Scarboro ' , " " Mosstrooper , ' " Bees- wing , " " Garioch Boy , " " Scarlet Velvet , " and " Diph- thong , " are some of the ...
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