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The Clydesdale. 



rNow, 



stallions and mares were annually shipped to those countries. 

 In 1880 a big trade in second-class animals began with the 

 United States and lasted for about a dozen years. It was an 

 unfortunate trade, as too many animals of secondary merit 

 were shipped. During the years immediately preceding 1914 

 there w T as an extraordinary export trade which reached high- 

 water mark in 1911, when the number of export certificates 

 issued by the Breed Society was 1,617. Since the War exports 

 have been few in number, but have included some of the 

 best stallions and mares of their years, including Caw 7 dor Cup 

 Champion winners. 



The Clydesdale holds the record among draught breeds for 

 high prices realised at public auction. Baron of Buchlyvie 

 11263 was sold in this way in Ayr market in December, 1911, 

 for £9,500; in October, 1915, his son Bonnie Buchlyvie 14037 

 was sold at the Seaham dispersion for 5,000 guineas; the brood 

 mare Dunure Glad Eye 39839 was sold at Dene House disper- 

 sion sale in April, 1919, for 1,850 guineas; at the Lanark sales 

 in October, 1920, the yearling colt Record 20157 w r as sold for 

 £3,400. The following are some of the outstanding averages 

 realised at auction sales during the better part of the past half 

 century : — 



Date. 



Place. 



Number. 



Average 



Price. 



20th October, 1876 



Knockdon - 



- 22 head 



£209 



15 



2 



11th October, 1906 



Blacon Point (dispersion) 



- 14 females 



£206 



10 



6 



7th October, 1915 



Seaham Harbour (dispersion 



) 100 head 



£211 



17 



4 





(both sexes and 











all ages) 









6th March, 1917 



Dunure Mains (draft) - 



- 47 head 



£323 



18 



8 



5th March, 1918 



Banks Stud (dispersion) 



- 25 stallions 



£557 



19 



5 



14th January, 1919 



Dunure Mains (dispersion) 



- 13 stallions 



£1,676 



7 



4 



8th October, 1920 



Boquhan (dispersion) - 



- 40 (mostly 



£317 



8 



3 





females) 









11th October, 1920 



Dunure Mains (dispersion) 



- 28 head 



£1,312 



2 



1 



13th October, 1920 



Farleton (dispersion) - 



19 (mostly 



£408 



13 



8 



females) 



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