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years he had been an exhibitor, seemed fully to 

 justify the expectations of the public that large 

 prices would be made,'"' but the sale left this 

 useful lesson, one which should be borne in mind 

 by all owners of pedigree stock, and which they 

 too frequently forget, tliat large prices cannot be 

 obtained for animals over whose ancestry any 

 doubt can be thrown. It is a lesson which every 

 day experience tends to accentuate, but which 

 unfortunately too many neglect to learn in time ; 

 and it is no uncommon thing to find men anxious 



and seven tliirtls, amounting altogether to d62,313 10s. besides 

 challenge cups and medals. 



f The following is a list of the lots sold with prices and 



purchasers : — 



Cows AND Heifers. 



