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had been formed) ever since the ' spht ' with Baron 

 Mviere. 



The sale was announced for the 5th, 6th, and 7th of 

 September, and was accompanied by a great flourish 

 of trumpets. Mr. Edmund Tattersall was engaged to 

 wield the hammer, or to assist the representative of 

 ' Le Tattersall Fran9ais ' in wielding it ; and they were 

 backed up by the legal co-operation of M. Hemet, of 

 Chantilly, and M. Foullon, notary, of Gisors. 



There were thirty -two brood mares, forty-five mares 

 with foals, forty- six suckers, twenty-nine yearlings, and 

 eleven stallions. 



After all the fuss that had been made about it the sale 

 was a bit of a failure, a case of ' parturiunt montes, &c.' 



The stallions Peut-etre, Prologue, Fleuret, and 

 Albion were withdrawn at reserve prices of 1,680/., 

 200/., 260/., and 700/. respectively. Of the other seven 

 stallions Rayon d'Or was sold to an American (for Mr. 

 W. Scott's stud, Pennsylvania) for 150,000 francs 

 (6,000/.), Isolier was sold to M. Aveline for 6,200 francs 

 (248/.), Leon to the Duke de Feltre for 8,500 francs 

 (340/.), Inval to MM. Coppee and Buisseret for 10,100 

 francs (404/.), Milan to the Haras de Villebon (Count 

 de Meeus) for 33,000 francs (1,320/.), Nougat to M. 

 Malapert (of the Haras d'Albian, A-'iemie) for 41,000 

 francs (1,640/.), and Flavio to M. Joubert for 20,000 

 francs (800/.). 



The noted mare Clementine was withdrawn at a 

 reserve price of 38,000 francs (1,520/.). 



Of the most famous mares sold Tafna went to 

 M. Crombez for only 4,700 francs (188/.), Fauvette to 

 Mr. T. Jennings (wdio resold her to M. Fould) for 

 14,600 francs (584/.), Printaniere to M. A. Lupin for 

 25,000 francs (1,000/.), Oceanic to M. C. J. Lefevre for 



