Up to that time, the highest price ever paid 

 for a yearling sold by auction was the 6000 

 guineas Sir Blundell Maple gave for Childwick. 

 It will readily be understood, therefore, that the 

 company assembled round the ring at Newmarket 

 gasped when Cupbearer was run up to 9100 

 guineas. And then, a few minutes later, we 

 heard the hammer fall on Mr. Sievier's bid of 

 10,000 guineas for Sceptre. That figure held 

 its place as a ** record *' for a yearling until, at the 

 Doncaster Sales this year (19 19), Lord Glanely 

 gave 11,500 guineas for a colt by Swynford out 

 of Blue Tit. Cupbearer, who was a wayward 

 beast, caused us bitter disappointment. Sceptre, 

 on the other hand, turned out a splendid bargain. 

 Until after she had been beaten in the Lincolnshire 

 Handicap as a four-year-old, she remained the 

 property of Mr. Sievier, who, during the greater 

 part of the time he had her, trained the filly 



