GREAT SALE OF SHORTHORNS.

Southland Times, Issue 734, 9 October 1867, Page 3

GREAT SALE OF SHORTHORNS.

An English paper gives the following results of a sale of short-horned stock that took place before the Mail left England : — " Mr Henry Stafford, of Euston square, the auctioneer, disposed of the celebrated herd, chiefly of the Kirkleavington or Bate's blood, collected and bred* on the Prestochall Estate of MiEdward Ladd Betts, near Aylesford, in Kent. A luncheon for 500 persons preceded the sale, and was provided in the great straw barn, extended by means of an awning. Mr John Clayton, Chairman of the Agricultural-hall, presided, and briefly, and with complimentary allusions to the farming ofthe late Prince Consort, proposed the loyal toasts, the health of Mr Betts, and of Mr Stafford, who returned thanks. Mr D. M'lntosh, of Havering-park, Essex, then proposed the health of the chairman, and afterwards the company adjourned to the sale ring, which, though large, was more densely packed than ever we remember to have seen it on the occasion of any similar sale, with all the leading breeders of the country. There were purchasers present from Yorkshire, Cumberland, Aberdeen, and Inverness, as well as the home and midland counties. At 2 o'clock precisely, Lot 1, Grand Duchess V., entered the ring, and was sold to the Duke of Devonshire for 200 guineas. The sale proceeded wifch great spirit, and among -the other purchasers were Mr Davis (Cheshire), Attenborough (Northampton), Lord Penryhn, Messrs Charles Lenny, E. Lenny, Walter Stuart (Gillingham, Kent), Sylvester, Campbell (of Kinviller, Aberdeenshire), C. Barnes (of Charleswood, Rickmans worth), Earl Spencer, Colonel Towneley ; , Messrs Adams, Pulley, Stone, Mellar (of Carmarthen), Larking, J. K. Eowler, Whitworth (of Manchester), Allsopp, and Captain Oliver who, for one of his lots gave the highest price ever known for a single cow — viz., 850 guineas ; Z. Walker, Henry Meakin, J. Eajvcitt (of Shirby Castle, Carlysle), Brogden (of Holme Island, Lancashire), Bultiel (Devonshire), Adwell, Eastwood, C. H. Dawson, J. P. Eorster (Cumberland), Eriend, Lord Braybrooke, M'lntosh (Inverness), Thomas Bates (Kirkleavington), Roberts (Buckingham) , Pomeroy, Mace, (Gloucestershire), J. Webb (Worcestershire), and Roper (Lancashire). A sale so extraordinary as to present in its results a general average of 30 guineas over the highest general average ever known — those of the sales of Mr Charles Colling and of -fclio l»fc© 32=«*1 X»«oio~ uioxit,^, perhaps, being fully particularised. It must suffice, however, to say, that while 13 Grand Duchesses brought £5659 10s, yielding an average of £435 7s. each, 10 Roses brought £2149 75., yielding £214 18s lOd each. The bulls, 10 in number, produced £1674 15s, Sr £167 9s 6d each. The general average of 51 cows, heifers, and yearlings (the latest calved only the day preceding), wnich brought £9500, waa about £183; andthe aggregate of the entire sale, £11,198 17s, presents a general average higher than any other yet obtained— £lßo 9s 7d each for 62 animals. '