The sun., 1873-10-22
KNOCKING DoWS THE FLYERS.
uerse. Worth Thousands sold under the
huctioneer's Hammer for Hundreds.

There was an extraordinary auction sale
Of trotters and roadsters Yesterday In Dan
MrCcs stables, 30 West Forty-eighth street. To
Rtt,act BUYERS from n distance, Mace advertised
strongly that the sale was rcremrtory, and that
there would tie no postponcmcnt on any
count. At the beginning MajurC W. Baker. the
aticti,rtcgr. hunoun. Ell that every horse offered
yynui6 be soi. bona nde - the highest bidder,
provided there were two bids ~ more, Mace re-
serving the right TO withdra,S hit animal IL there
was M competition in bidding - nyers had
been collected 10y Mace at ahte-panic prices, aud
numbered twenty-five, whose records are
pretty well known among horse dealers.
Two sleek, brown IIambletonian mares, nf-
teen aud half hands high, six and seven years
o'd, and guaranteed TO trot single or double in
2 70. was the first Offer. For long time bidders
were shy. and Mace's face heightened when the
lids h, ,,:vli nj 500, Mr., Asa. Eaton Of Middle
town. y. J.. boneht them Tor $500. One cost tho
seller $1,000. Later in the day Mr.. Eaton had
desire to give him n big bonus for MS bargain.
The next offer was Penn Yam, bay handsome
phi, bought him for silQO. No one seemed to
want the ncxt sprintiy my nay s1liing' and ho
7-vcar old sorfcl beauty, marked down to 2:.5.
sold to James ;. Holden of New York, for
EOrl-a good bargain. roam mare only II hands
and yelr Younger. sold Immediately afierwnrd
fursl.lOOthe Hon. W. &. Duncan of Detroit, Mich
catalogue cxcitcd interest Mr. Charles Pcee of
rriv horse Is, hands. years old. and with
splendid action. for the low ~ &c OF $16. For
lot No. 10. p,ir uf surrel1. one OF which has a
2J5 record, Sl.mJ was ofcrcd. hut there being
TO second bid they were Withdrawn. There was
contest over Joe, hirh stepping bay, 10
hands. and vc'rs old. who las not done any
thing hcit.r than "iu. Int be supposed to bc sus
. ceuttnlc + ere in'pro,cm"nt : II Mason II
New York was the highest bidder at $llin. For
uuttcrhull. gray mare sired hy General Knox.
ia. lruhdhly the fastest tr tier IN the stables
and with great reputation for endurance, hav-
iue trutt Il three straight hc ~ in lesa than 2l.
There w're ne bids. Magma Charta. a fine : year
knocked DOWN 60 John T.. rhips of baltimore
~ $50 Ww, " Scattercoud Of Philadc. bia
old. sired bv Green's nambletuuian out OF
q. h.rnughhred race mare. for SO. The next
sale wa 7-ycar-old gray gelding with record
o' 2US. to Mr. lohn G. Mason Il Rochester,
ard tire horse hitchcd with him. StoncwaIl Jack
SON = hay who has uotted down to 22i, was
SiJh \ roam Hamhletoni1n marc iiI hands.
years old. who has beaten 2.li. was turned
over To : q. Richardson, Jr., Of Boston for $50
+ Young Honesty, a son of Honest Alien, "A frisky
/ little fellow, very handsome and stylish. with
tr,ot that he has beaten $50 only seven wears
F cid WIS knocked down to the Hon ID. :. Brown
~ H. chester fgr $50 An outsider named Eddy
Allen. son 4 Ethan Allen, was next put up for
the benefit of Young man whose recent nnan-
Edwin Hart lid highest for Eddy, and got a
lAI horse for s2ti iiily BLAIR, u nine YEAR
old llanhlctonian. with a 2.6 record, was
bought Tor s6D Nv Judge A. O. Wheeler Of
. koche-ttr. MIR. Charles Scatcrgoud ~ phiadcl-
phiu took the sorrel gedinr George Hicks, a
nrst-class hyer, for ssaj. Tue sale was concluded
10y transfer Of Little Jerry to VI. VI. McCul-
iough of Pittsburgh for <41 a great bargain.
The eject uf the late financial disturbances
upon the fancy horse market may bc e-tim ated
from ia : sale. One year ago these horses, sold
under the same conditions, would have readily
commanded three times the aggregate Of yes
terdaS prices.