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yearlings are this time exceptionally good, and it will 

 be a record sale, unless I am much mistaken. 



" Well, now, everyone wants to know about the sisters 

 to Memoir and Sainfoin. 



" The sister to Sainfoin is remarkably like her brother, 

 being the same dark colour of chestnut rather darker if 

 anything and taking altogether after St Albans in this 

 respect. She is the same low, lengthy animal as Sainfoin, 

 except only her head and neck, and there she comes 

 out exactly what you might imagine two Stockwell 

 crosses and one Rataplan would create, whereas Sainfoin 

 has preserved his sire's quality in these points. Now I 

 have never seen a first-class filly whose head and neck 

 were decidedly short of quality. Others will form their 

 own opinion ; I have sufficiently indicated mine. 



" As to the sister to Memoir, / can only say that had I 

 4000 guineas handy I would gladly disburse them now 

 and take my chance of a profit on the sale day. This 

 is as grand a filly as a man can imagine. Had her 

 sister not won the Oaks, were she an unfashionably 

 bred one altogether, still she would, of necessity, make 

 a very big price. As it is, there is no knowing what 

 she may fetch. A magnificent filly in every respect, 

 she stands fifteen hands now, and is positively an im- 

 provement on Memoir. Let anyone who wants to make 

 a fancy bet risk whatever he likes on this being the highest 

 priced one ever sold in England." 



The above is what I wrote about Sierra (dam of 

 Sundridge and Amphora) and La Fleche when they 

 were yearlings at Hampton Court about a fortnight 

 before the annual sale. There was nobody present 



