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PRINCIPAL PLACES OF SALE AND AVERAGE PRICES OF ANIMALS OF EACH BREED 



Principal Places of Public Sale. 

 Exhibitions and Shows. 



Average Prices. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Yorkshire Agricultural 

 Society's, Cleveland, Stokes- 

 ley, Hinderwell and Egton. 



Stallions : From 100 

 From 50 to 100. 

 public sales. 



to 200. Mares : 

 There are no fixed 



Sales : Perth, Elgin, Lanark, 

 Ayr, Carlisle and Wigton 

 (Cumberland). The Society 

 does not arrange Sales. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's, Glasgow, 

 Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Kil- 

 marnock and Ayr. 



In 1911 auction sales of pedigreed stock 

 gave the following results : 



s. d. 

 North Acomb, 31 stallions 



averaged 87 11 8 



Blackball, 47 stallions aver- 



55 13 



44 7 4 

 Nether Bogside, 19 mares 



and fillies averaged ... 108 7 6 

 Perth, 53 (mixed, all ages) 



averaged 

 The stallion " Baron o' Buchlyvie " was 



sold by auction for 9,500. 

 In 1912 a notable dispersion sale took place 

 at Park Mains, when 54 head, mixed stock 

 and all ages, averaged 151 8s. 2d. The 

 highest price was 1,680 paid for the 

 stallion Sir Rudolph. At the dispersion 

 of the Rachan Stud, 15 head (all ages), 

 chiefly mares and fillies, averaged 147 

 Ss. bd. 



Shows : Hackney Horse So- 

 ciety's held in London in 

 March, Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's, and leading 

 county and local shows. 



Sales : No sales are arranged by 

 the Society. Auction sales 

 are held from time to time at 

 various centres and on breeders' 

 farms. 



At a few recent sales the following prices 

 were obtained : 



Sales by auction are held in 

 London, York, Leicester and 

 other towns. 



Shows : The Society holds an 

 Annual Show in London in 

 March. Royal Agricultural 

 Society's, Royal Richmond, 

 and leading county and local 

 shows. 



For average useful Hunters, from 40 to 

 100 guineas. For high-class animals and 

 noted performers, from 100 to 300 guineas. 



