The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-21
THE TURF IN ENGLAND.


Break Up OF the BIenkiron Stud Farm
The Second Sale Of Y~srlings-S ma II
Average-Dcath Of Beadsman-The
July Meetfng-The Derby Fmvorfte-
The Chesterfield stakes-BarOn Roths-
child's Had Tcmpcr-UnfO nded CharK
Against u Jockey.
LONDON, July q. 1872.
The dispersion Of the great BenKiron stud AZ
Middle Park near London, and AT waltham Cross,
In Essex, still continues, but the last blow will he
dealt on the Esd inst. The second OF the series of
sales took place on Saturday last at Middle Park,
and consisted of the remaining batch of yearllngs.
or animals OF this age there altogether iOI at
the two farms and OF these iny-eight were sold OH
June Is for total OF seventeen thousand
guineas, or nearly ninety thousand dollars. a sum
which left margin of profit of about two hundred
pounds, or one thousand dollars, "A year
ling. 1t has always been the practice to
SHOW THE BEST QUALITY
an the first days sale, ana no one expects that the
prices realized on the second occasion will 1T all
approach those taken at the first This batch. as u
rule, includes great many weeds some of them
unfit for racing or any other purpose but there
are frequently few that would have gone for con
siderably larger sums had they been put up at the
first auction. on Saturday iorty-three animals
were TO be sent under Mr. Tattersall's hammer
hut the expectation with regard 10 them was such
that there was comparatively only very small
attendance That was principally made mp Of
CITY LOAFERs
who hang upon the skirts OF the great furnishing
establishment with which the late MI. BlenkIron
was, his son is now, connected, and of many
Others, to whom the possession Of yearng would
be As bad as that OF white elephant, and who go
10 these sales merely for the sake Of the elegant
luncheons which precede them. The real buyers Of
horses the racing "swells." who never object TO
part WIN lew hundreds in this way when they
have them TO spend, had been very hard hit" dur.
ing the week al Newmarket, where the Juv meet
ing had proved a slaughterng sliar for hackers Of
horses 50 much so that yesterday there were three
four
HEAVY ACCOUNTS ABSENT FROM rA1ryRSN,,s
to the great discomfort OF the regular betting mon
the creditors who loudly complained Add TO aIl
that, the weather was very bad and il viii he seen
that there was some reason tor the attendance Ia,
ing small and the prices realized not very remuncr
alive The forty three lots brought only about ITO
guneas each, and ~ the producing and rearing OF
yearling costs about 100 guineas. It will be seen
That the balance OF this last sale much in
favor OF the establishment. The highest bid of the
DAY for "A very handsome chestnut colt by
mareVas. ont OF Christabclle. strain that has re-
suited in some very speedy animals, rs this one will
10y FrooapN prove 10 NJ. 'o-cpu paWsoh. tue
trainer, VINO gave 800 guneas for bim. The sta-
hons, brood mares and ioals will be disposed OF
the I'D INST, and as they include some of the
MOST FAMOUS HORSES ~ THE WORLD
tiere can I've no doubt ola very large attendance
and spirited competition, especially as the Amer-
CANS and Germans have set their hearts on some OF
the celebrities. The July meeting held last week
nc Newmarket was on the whole o rather slow
affair as The sport was far from being high class
WINE the attendance owing TO various causes.
principally counter-attractions IN London was very
poor. The July is held at "A portion OF the great
heath never frequented al any other season-that
namely, 'bebind the ditch,' the long Roman
mound which L. one OF the features OF Newmarket
The sport II Indifferent, had the merit OF lntrodnc
sng us 10 a genuine Derby favorte IN Sir
Frederick Johnstone's colt Somerset, who won
THE JULY STAKES,
over five furlongs, 1856 yards, Ike a genuine race
horse. six weeks previously he had belonged to
Lord Anglesey, who had TO sell him. along with all
bs other racers for the simple reason that he coud
40 longer afford 10 pay for them. The sale took
psce ~ toe stocsbricge meeting, where Somerset