The Farmer's magazine . THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1859 PLATE STABLE YARD. Some two or three years since, in continuation ofour series of eminent agriculturists, we gave a por-trait of Mr. James Allen Ransome, of the famousfirm of Ransomes and Sims, implement concluding our sketch of his good sayings anddoings, we wrote thus :— If we say more we shallbut make our hero mortal, and chronicle him, likemost of us, as not proof against some little weak-ness or other. That of Allen Ransome, if such itbe, is a national one—the love of a horse. Theneatest hack at the Suffolk shows is
The Farmer's magazine . THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. JUNE, 1859 PLATE STABLE YARD. Some two or three years since, in continuation ofour series of eminent agriculturists, we gave a por-trait of Mr. James Allen Ransome, of the famousfirm of Ransomes and Sims, implement concluding our sketch of his good sayings anddoings, we wrote thus :— If we say more we shallbut make our hero mortal, and chronicle him, likemost of us, as not proof against some little weak-ness or other. That of Allen Ransome, if such itbe, is a national one—the love of a horse. Theneatest hack at the Suffolk shows is almost sure tobe * Mr. Ransomes. Himself a good horseman,and a good judge, no wonder he confessed, in theopenness of his heart, as we once heard him, that much as he loved a steam engine, he loved a horsestill more ! We have now followed him home to his ownstable yard, to see what he can show us in the wayof the animal he likes so well. Either of those in the print may be regarded as an especial favourite,selected w
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