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For the best cart gelding or mare, £4— l\Ir. Coatoii, llayton. 

 For the second ditto, £2 — Lord Batcmau. 



EXTRA STOCK. 

 A Sum of £5 divided amongst the Owners of the best Animals 



exhibited as Extra Stock. 

 £1 to Mr. James Williams, for four cows. 

 £1 to Mr. John Ashwood.for two steers and two heifers. 

 £1 to Mr. J, W. Brown, for four Hampshire rams. 



£1 to Lord Bateniaii, for a Ijull. 

 £1 to Mr. Bright, for a bull. 



SWEEPSTAKES. 



A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for the best Stock Bull, open 



to all England, with 20 sovs. added. 

 First prize, £39— Mr. Ilea, Weatonberry. 

 Second, £5 — Lord Bateman. 

 Third, £3— Lord Berwick. 



THE COVEHITHE SALE 

 OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS* POULTRY, &c. 

 BY 'order of the EXECUTORS OF THE LATE MR. EDWARD COTTINGHAM. 



This Bale has fully maintained the character Mr. Cot- 

 tingham had earned for himself as an agriculturist. All 

 those who knew anything of him were quite prepared to 

 find some superior descriptions of stock ; and there was 

 consequently a very large attendance of company. This 

 included not merely the best men of the district, but 

 both bidders and buyers from Kent, Cambridgeshire, 

 Essex, Norfolk, Middlesex, and Leicestershire, headed 

 by the Prince Lieven in person, from Russia. There 

 were also present, the Earl of Stradbroke, and the Hon- 

 W. Rous, Colonel Scudamore, and Messrs. J. G. Shep- 

 pard, W. Long, G. Holmes, Fellowes, J. Peto, O. 

 Parker, N. G. Barthropp, T. Crisp, Garrett, Allen, 

 Sexton, Boby, Frost, Kersey Cooper, and others whose 

 names the list of prices will supply. The great feature 

 of the occasion was the sale of Suffolk horses ; and, the 

 present price of corn considered, really a very wonder- 

 ful return it was. The stock, however, quite merited 

 the appreciation in which they were held, while for the 

 working horses of a farm, they were a most admirable 

 collection, almost generally remarkable for their great 

 size, fine forehands, and good action. It should be 

 stated, moreover, that there was no culling or keeping 

 back. The horses offered were all those on the farm on the 

 day of Mr. Cottingham's death, one only being with- 

 drawn from lameness. In many respects this must be 

 regarded as the sale of the year, at the same time that 

 it marks the increasing reputation of the Suffolk draught 

 horse. The prices were not kept up by the county 

 people, but gentlemen from a distance came for more of 

 a sort they have already some experience of. For in- 

 stance, the purchaser of the best mare, Mr. Wall, is 

 from Pembrokeshire, her sire Mr. Barthropp's New- 

 castle Captain having for the last season or two been 

 located in South Wales, whither he has been transferred 

 by the Rev. W. Beever, of Cowbridge. It is noticeable 

 that the highest-price gelding is also by Newcastle 

 Captain, But Mr. Cottingham had not been trusting 

 merely to one certain strain of blood. The pedigrees will 

 show that Messrs. Catlin and Crisp had also contributed 

 to the excellence of the teams, while the best-priced 

 horse of all, the aged stallion, is of this breed. 



We give the sale of the Suffolk horses in full, with 

 their pedigrees, so far as they were published in the cata- 

 logues, prices, and names of purchasers. Mr. Freeman 



conducted the sale, which really realized all that even an 

 auctioneer could say of it. 



CHURCH FARRL 



FIRST TEAM. 



Diamond, 3 yrs. old filly, by Catlin's Duke, iu foal (o 

 Suffolk Captain, £S0 17a., Mr. llowlett. 



Briton, 8 yrs. old gelding, £44 23., Prince Lieven. 



Bly, 4 yrs. old gelding, £57 15s„ Mr. Wall. 



Matchett, 8 yrs. old raare, by Manchester Boxer, bred by 

 the late Mr. Catlin, in foal to Suffolk Captain, £81 18s., Mr. 

 Kersey Cooper. 



SECOND TEAM. 



Duke, 7 yrs. old gelding, £69 63., Mr. Bagge. 

 Dragon, 3 yrs. old geldiog, £54 123., Hon. W. Kous. 

 Boxer, 5 yrs. old gelding, £61 19s., Mr Brandreth. 

 Prince, 10 yrs. old, £29 83., Mr. Howlett. 



THIRD TEAM. 



Smart, 8 yrs. old mare, in foal to Briton, £48 Gs., Prince 

 Lieven. 



Nelson, 4 yrs. old gelding, £39 18s., Mr. Bagge. 



Darling, 8 yrs. old mare, in foal to Briton, £65 2s., Mr. 

 Reynolds. 



Smiler, 9 yrs. old gelding, £31 10s., Mr. Pratt. 



FOURTH TEAM. 



Ramper, 10 yrs. old gelding, £23 23., Mr. Bruce. 

 Darby. 10 yrs. old raare, by Catlin's Captain, in foal to 

 Briton, £42, Mr. Chaston. 



BEACH FARM. 



FIRST TEAM. 



Fancy, 8 yrs. old mare, by Keer's Boxer, dam Diamond raare , 

 in foal to Mr. Cooper's horse, £6!) 6s., Mr. Crisp. 

 Snap, 7 yrs. old raare, £36 iSs., Mr. Brewster. 

 Briton, 8 yrs. old gelding, £29 83., Mr. Howlett. 

 Jolly, 12 yrs. old gelding, £7 7s., Mr. Bloomfield. 



SECOND TEAM. 



Dapper, 7 yrs. old mare, in foal to Briton, £47 5s., Mr. 

 Howlett. 



Smiler, 7 yrs. old gelding, £47 Ss., Mr. Pratt. 

 Bly, 4 yrs. old gelding, £45 3s., Mr. Oldfield. 

 Brag, 3 yrs. old mare, £99 15s., Mr. Oldfield. 



PORTER'S FARM. 



FIRST TEAM. 



Brag, 6 yrs. old mare, by Barthropp's Newcastle Captain, 

 in foal to Suffolk Captain, £115 10s., Mr. Wall. 



Proctor, 5 yrs. old gelding, £68 Ss., Mr. Wilkinson. 

 Briton, 7 yrs. old selding, £45 33., Mr. Preston. 

 Tom, 10 yrs. old bay gelding, £31 10s., Mr. Pratt. 



SECOND TEAM. 



Fancy, 8 yrs. old mare, in foal to Briton, £53 lis., Mr. 

 Howlett. 



Snap, 7 yri. old mare, iu foal (0 Suffolk Captain, £105, 

 Mr. Howlett. 



