Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-03
STATE NEWS.
Animal sale Of BIOoded stock by Gen.
", G. Harding.

annual sale of BIOeded stock by Gen.
". @. Harding.
From Nashville Union and ARleTi-
can OF Friday, we get the following IN
terestiDg account of the annual sale OF
BONDED stock by Gen. W. q. Harding;
Belle Meade, the well known resi-
denee Of Gen. w. q. Harding, was yes
tardsy visited by q large c~oncoufse OF
gentlemen from this and other States,
the occasion being his annual sale OF
thoroughbred stock. The
tom mis- and other Middle Tennessee
oounties was good, aud also from the
Eastern and Western Divisions OF the
State. Several other States were repre-
scented. Among those present, We CD
served His Excellsney Co.. Senter, Gen.
Buford Of Kentucky Gen. Lucius j..
Polk, DR.. Jackson, Gen. Frank Cheat
ham, Col. Bale Peyton, Judge Barry,
and a number of turfmen. The day was
fne, and by 10 O'Clock the elegant man
sion and grounds of Gen. Hsrding were
comfortably full Of buyers and spectators,
/ who came on horses and in vehicles. Al
hslf-psst ten the crowd was invited TO
the park, where the sale was TO take
place, About this time the special train
on the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad arrived from the city with 8
large accession, which sweiled the num-
| Der to several hundred.
Preliminary to the sale, tho celebrated
racers Jack Malone, belonging to Gen.
Hsrdirg q, and Brown Dick, owned by
Col. B q. Cockril, were brought out and
exhibited. Jack Malone was rs gay &c
q colt, in fine condition, and attracted
the admiration of all. He is a shade
! lighter chestnut than bis distinguished
son, Muggins, and has all the elasticity
aud animation of his progeny. brown
Dick, seven years theseniOr Cf Jack Ma
lone, now eighteen years old, is a per-
| f ct order. is in well condition, and ex'
hibiteG the spirit and carriage tt s young
l borse. Jack Malone is by Lexington oul
If GloTiana, by Eclipse, and has sired
some f the best stock ia the country,
Brown Dick Is by imported Msrgrsve
out Cf Fanny King by imported Glencoe
He spent his best running days under tht
cloud OF war, though in 1855 he made
the fastest three mile time ever made II
this country at that date over the Me
tafre course, and II he had run the f0ul
mile, he would have probably best thu
best time Of Lexington. He has som
very promising colts.
For the comfort of those present, Gen
Harding had fitted up an elegant smpnl
theater, in the arena of which the siOct
was brought for sale. The crowd beinE
! comfortably seated, Col. W. b. johnson
President Of the Nashville Blood HOrsI
Association, announced that the ssl'
wsuld proceed. T. W. Barnes, the wei
known a%uctioneer, handled the hammer
The terms Of the sale were, for al
sums under 500 cash-sums over tina
amount notes secured payable in bank
October l, 1853.
The sales averaged sb1ut S425 round
and enc OF the most noteworthy facts }
that go many persons were attracts
from q distance, and who we're the ma
jOrity Of the purchasers.
SINE other horses were offered W1thou
pedigrees, and sold at reasonable pTicts
After the sale OF the colts, the eompan,
was invited T.; the sheep cote, and . lev
Leicester lambs were sold at an aVeTag
of So. Next a few Alderney bulls an
heifers were offered and sold, the torme
at t~hirty-five to forty-seven dollars, an
the latter at from nifty to seventy dollars
Altogether the sale was a success, nc
only to the purchasers but to the sellel
Gen. Harding has not probably resllza
a great deal in money upon this sale
bat in ina~Ugurating this system OF eel
ing blood stock BE is laying the POUNDS
ton for the broadcast and most suecsssfI
; breeding and distribution OF thR5augt
| bred stock Throughout the StRtes II
/. few years bis annual sales will be locke
to from all quarters ss the place and tim
l to purchase the purest and best stool
: Whilst Gen. II. has shared in the risH
of the turf, and can exhibit more pursS
taken by bis own horses than any othS
man now living in America, as the resu
Of his excellent Judgment In these ma
: tiers, vet be is essentially g stock raise
He owns a magnificent estate, sud b;
the choice stock OF America. Since ii
death Of Alexander, he heads the list
1 American breeders, and we look to Bel
N ade in the future as the base Of SUI
t plies for the American turf.