Cambridge Independent Press 2 Aug 1851: Bennett sheep sale
Important Sale of Rams, Cambridge.Fifty splendid Leicester rams (nearly all shearlings), with two capital Hampshire Downs, the property of Messrs. Wm. Bennett and Son, from the Trinity College Farm, Trumpington;
Messrs. Mann & Son have received instructions to sell by auction, the above valuable sheep, on Saturday next, August 9th, 1851, (by favour of Mr Mitchell,) in the yard of the Lion Hotel, near the Corn Exchange, Cambridge.
N.B. – The auctioneers, with the utmost confidence, invite attention of flock masters to the above sale, the sheep being of great size and symmetry, and are mainly descended from the well-known flock of the late Mr. John Hall, Eaton, Beds., which was purchased by Messrs. Bennett. The rams on offer will be found admirably adapted for the improvement of the Long Wool Sheep of this neighbourhood, or as a cross with the Southdown and Black-faced Ewes of the adjoining counties.
Sale to commence at half-past one o’clock.