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NZ Truth, Issue 80, 29 December 1906, Page 2

Übfteii /difficult/ indiscriminate between .temptation arid, opportunity. ! Thanks mainly - td the eiicourage;ment''^it receives from the 'Govern-' mefit f- the ■ thoroughbred horserbreeding iiidustrv m France appears to be .in.-a/floiu'ishing ..condition. ' This sea-; son 497 yearlings were ' offered ""for saleat-Deanville, 260 of them being disposed^fr- for £62,500, or an; average bf £240." In 1905, 248 were sold for £57,300 ';-. 1904., .20% |qK £3§,400; and m 19.03, 163 for £29,000, - :: Tbe highest-priced yearling this season was Poor Boy, by Perth, who Was purchased by Sol Joel, owner of, the Cambridgeshire winner, Polymelus. and who is now being trained m England. The next priced yearling was Montavalle, by La Sagitarie, who brought £2,240, his purchaser being the American Vanderbilt, who ownshis full brother, the crack Maintenon, winner, of the French /Derby, whose earning*, m stakes, this season amount to nearly £28,000..