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SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. 
advances this in proof of its value. How much truth there 
is in this statement, as well as in the assertion that the 
Belgian Commission has been actuated by personal motives 
in opposing his views, we may leave Dr. Reviglio of Turin, to 
answer. M. Reviglio has reported, that his e conclusions are 
condemnatory of the system, and that Dr, Willems 5 hypo- 
thesis is deduced from erroneous data and analogies, and, 
therefore, it is destitute of any scientific foundation. 5 
It was to be expected that the English report should in no 
way be alluded to, for our opinions were well known to fully 
agree with those of the Belgian Commission, Dr. Reviglio, 
and many members of other commissions. If we mistake 
not, the illjudged accusations and intemperate expressions 
contained in this ex parte statement of Dr. Willems will 
receive a complete answer from the Belgian commission, 
while it has a Yerheyen for its president, and a Bellefroid, 
Douterluigne, Gluge, Sauveur, Theis, and Thiernesse for its 
members, with a Fellot and Marinus as its delegates from 
the Royal Academy of Medicine, to assist in its important 
duties.] 
SALES OE BLOOD STOCK IN 1854. 
A correspondent sends us the following table of the sale 
prices of thorough-bred yearlings, which have been registered 
during the past year, in the columns of the Life . The scale 
descends from Voivode by Surplice, 1020 gs. as low as 10 gs., 
a price which was achieved three times over. The average 
price of the 182 is no less than 137 J gs. The table runs thus : 
No. 
Average. 
Total. 
Gs. 
Gs. 
Gs. 
1000 & upwards 
2 
1010 
2020 
750 to 1000 
2 
895 
1790 
500 to 
750 
6 
540 
3240 
400 to 
500 
2 
450 
900 
300 to 
400 
9 
310 
2790 
200 to 
300 
. 19 
236 
4470 
150 to 
200 
. 13 
158 
2056 
100 to 
150 
. 25 
120 
2992 
50 to 
100 
. 36 
75 
2697 
25 to 
50 
. 46 
37 
1681 
1 to 
25 
. 22 
18 
389 
182 
25,025 
The nine foals which were sold without their dams averaged 
56 gs., the highest price being 1 10 gs., and the lowest 25 gs. 
Fifty-nine brood mares, some few of them with foals, were also 
brought to the hammer. The highest price reached by them 
was 600 gs. for Palmyra, while Nanny, 6 gs., was at the fag 
end of the lot, and the average price was 96| gs . — BelVs Life . 
