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have induced the outlay ; and, absurd as it may 

 seem, it is the worst luck in the world to christen a 

 yearling by an outlandish name. Priam fetched 

 1000 guineas as a yearling, and Sir Mark's execu- 

 tors had to thank the untried Camarine and Lucetta 

 for the wonderful success of their sale, where five 

 yearlings brought 2235 guineas, and four foals 1181 

 guineas. If we add this latter amount to what Lord 

 Durham got for eight foals in 1830, we have the 

 absolutely apocryphal average of 350 guineas ! Glen- 

 livat, by Rowton or Cetus, out of Camarine, was the 

 1010 guinea premier of Sir Mark's yearlings ; and a 

 colt by Jerry, out of Lucetta, the 640 guinea one of 

 the foals. The Dutchman cost 1000 guineas as a 

 foal, and so did Barbelle's last foal Kirkleatharn, 

 while Van Tromp brought 300 guineas in his foal- 

 hood, and Zuyder Zee 1000 guineas in his yearling 

 days. Such high prices for yearlings were, however, 

 far from being as general as they are now, and bidders 

 not unfrequently adopted the plan of not opposing 

 each other, but of " tossing up " or " knocking out " 

 afterwards. If our memory serves us, The Kedger 

 and Weatherbit were bought on this principle, Lord 

 George Bentinck losing the toss for both of them. 

 Shortly before this, when Muley reigned supreme at 

 Underley, sixteen of his yearlings plodded their 

 weary way over the Yorkshire Moors by Skipton to 

 Doncaster ; but Mr. Nowell and the grooms came 

 back rejoicing to the quaker-haunted Westmoreland 

 with the astounding news that the lot had averaged 

 331 guineas apiece ! Snowstorm, a son of Rebecca's, 

 gave the late Mr. A. Johnstone a foretaste of his stud 

 success by realizing 710 guineas, and he also made 

 500 guineas at the same lucky spot, in front of " The 

 Salutation," both with a Morsel colt and Johnny 

 Armstrong, who died before he could publicly prove 

 the truth of a very high trial. General Anson had 

 also good prices for many years, and the average of 



