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with filly foal at foot, Mr. Longfield paid a " century" 

 for. The well-known brood mare, Juanita Perez, 

 covered by Gemma-di-Vergy, was sold to Mr. 

 Weatherby for ^350. Peri was the highest-priced 

 mare sold, she, with filly by Hobbie Noble, being 

 bought by Mr. George Bryan of Jenkinstown for 

 ^380 She was stinted by Gemma-di-Vergy. Mr. 

 Longfield purchased Magnet for ^85. The sires 

 were Gemma-di-Vergy, The Marquis, and Royal 

 George, who was bought in for ^509. Mr. Langan 

 of Bellewstown gave £220 for The Marquis. Mr. 

 Hamilton, a Queen's County gentleman, purchased 

 Gemma-di-Vergy for^ 1,050. This horse was bought 

 by Lord Waterford a month or two before his death 

 for 8co gs. The fourteen race-horses realised 

 ^2,133 : — Daisy King, 4 yrs., Mr. Powell, ^280; 

 Bumble Bee, 3 yrs., Captain Beresford, ^550; 

 Hibernia, 3 yrs. (the dam of Ould Ireland, Pride of 

 Kildare, &;c.) Mr. E. J. Irwin, ^70; Ace of Hearts, 

 5 yrs., Mr. Powell, ^3 1 5. 



The young horses sold well, as also the hunters. 

 May-Boy was bought by Mr. Sewell for 91 gs., and 

 the Marquis of Drogheda gave ^220 for Oberon, he 

 won some steeplechases for him soon afterwards. 

 The twenty-nine horses brought ^3,358. The largest 

 purchaser at the sale was Mr. Hamilton, who expended 

 some thousands. It was proved subsequently that the 

 unfortunate gentleman was insane, and, of course, he 

 was not obliged to take the horses. They were re- 

 sold at Sewell's, and brought about the same money 

 as he bought them for, Mr. John Cassidy, of James' s- 

 street, Dublin, purchasing Gemma-di-Vergy for Sir 

 Lydston Newman. Mr. Lyons of Moyanna, Queen's 



