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by Mr. Daly for a Springfield colt, which is lOO 

 gs, less than was given by Colonel North for a 

 St. Simon filly. Mr, H. Bass also figured among 

 the buyers of high-priced yearlings, one of which, 

 a Sterlino^ filly, cost him 3,000 gs.; and, summing 

 up these figures, we find that seven of the year- 

 lings whica changed hands at the summer sales, 

 realised a total of 24,000 gs. 



Some excellent averages were obtained at 

 Bushey Park, for instance (Her Majesty's), where 

 three yearlings only made less than 100 gs. The 

 Yardley Stud yearlings (first lot) were sold at good 

 figures ; only one of the fifteen made less than a 

 hundred, whilst one animal brought as much as 

 2,000 gs. In the second lot of fourteen was 

 included Mr. Bass's cheque of 3,000 gs. The 

 figures realised by the Park Paddock animals 

 were as follows: 120, 730, 1,050, 300, 3,000, 1,050, 

 and 2,100 gs. Other sales might be pointed to 

 at which fine averages were also obtained, such 

 as that of the Leybourne Grange yearlings, at 

 which the lowest price realised was 120 gs., the 

 highest sum obtained being 700 gs., the total 

 amount given for the twelve lots being 4,460 gs. 

 The lots put up by the Waresley Stud, as also 

 by Mr. Beddington and Mr. Hoole, also brought 

 good figures. 



It would serve no good purpose to continue 

 the analysis, but it may be stated that, in the 

 course of 1890, 654 yearlings of both sexes were 

 exposed for sale at the average price of about 362 

 gs., the total sum realised for the season's sales 

 being 236,608 gs. The two sires which stand out 

 with prominence are St. Simon, with an average 

 for nine of 2,150 gs., and Ormonde, for two, with. 



