4 oo ZACHARIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



At the sale I stood by the side of Mr. W. Blenkiron. 



' I have come to buy two mares.' says he, ' but I 

 don't see either of their names in the catalogue.' 



' "What are they ?' I inquired. 



' Amaranth and Delilah ,' was the reply. 



The black mare was put up, and I bought her for 

 the large sum of ten guineas, and then told the 

 auctioneer that it was Delilah. 



' I don't know anything of them,' he replied, after 

 looking at me. ' I took the description myself from 

 Mr. Simpson, and know the catalogue so far is 

 correct.' 



I afterwards mentioned the matter to Mr. Simpson 

 himself. But he only laughed. This I took as a 

 tacit admission of the truth of the charge, for he 

 would no doubt have gladly denied it, had he been 

 able to do so. 



When Sturgeon brought the animals that I had 

 purchased to Alvediston, he at my request made the 

 following declaration : 



' I, J. Sturgeon, stud-groom to Mr. Simpson of 



Diss, Norfolk, of the same place, make statement and 



say that the mare sold at the Diss sale, as " pedigree 



unknown," is Delilah, by Touchstone out of Plot, by 



Pantaloon. 



1 J. Sturgeon x his mark. 



' Witness to the mark of J. Sturgeon : 



(Signed) 'Henry Chandler 



' (Head-lad to Mr. Wm. Day). 



