Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-05
coils.
Sale of Eighty-foar Fine Young
Animals at Auction-Dana Gets
Keen Jim For $4,000.

Auludlc al AuCtlOA- Utud Octo
Keen Jim For $4,000.
Chicago Times.
New YORK, October 29.-Robert
Boomers sale Of trotting stock con
tinued to-day at the grounds Of the
Manhattan Athletic Club. Mr.. Bon
ner recently found that he was buying
so rapidly and his stable was SO stead
idly increasing by breeding that it
was impossible to give the care neces-
sary to develope the best points of a
large number ofhis horses. He there
fore resolved to reduce his stable by
one-half, and hence at to-day's auc-
ton sale eighty-six well-bred trotters
were sold for a total of S34,740. The
sale drew an immence crowd, fully
5000 people being present, including
many breeders and horse-fanciers
from all parts of the country. The
arrangements for selling were very
poor, Many of the bidders we're too
far from the auction stand to make
themselves heard, and there was no
chance to show the horses, and prices
therefore ruled lever than they would
have done under more favorable cir
c%umstances. When the sale was over
a space was cleared by the police in
which the stock could be shown, and
then better prices were realized. An
/ Improvement could have been made
also in the order of selling. The cele-
brated horse Keene Jim, for instance,
was the fourth offered. He was
in splendid condition. The in
slant he was in front of the a~uctioneer
he was surrounded so that he could
not be seen-in fact, he was
sold before many on the grounds
knew that he had been offered.
There were but four bids. The first,
$1,000, was followed BY one Of $1,000
by Charles A. Dana. Some one went
$500 better, and Mr.. Dana raised the
price to $1,000, and became the owner
of one of the most valuable trotting
horses in this country. Mr.. Dana's
purchase can trot early next season in
the 2;24 class, or by waiting for the
grand circuit, he can probably win not
only the 2:24 purses, but the 2:22 and
2:20 purses, and at the same time be a
tough contestant in the free-for-all
class. Had the sale Of Keene jim
been delayed till the middle of the
day, and the auctioneer taken as
much time as he did with Prince I'm
perial, for whom there were fourteen
bids, there is no doubt that KeoDe
Jim would have sold for $1,000 or
$4,000. The average for the eighty
six head sold is a fraction less than
S403 each. Allowance should be
made for twelve Of this years foal
sold with their dams, which, Of
course, were not worth any such
average price. The bay horse Prince
Imperial, ten years old. by William
WEIGH, dam Flora Temple, was sold
to w. S. Osborne, Ansonia, Conn, for
Sl425. The bay gelding, Carl Burr,
eight years old, by Rysdick's HANDLE
tonian, dam Kate, was sold to A. NJ.
Judson, New York, for $1,000. VIM
CLARK, of Chicago, made the following
purchases
Brown colt why So 1S78), by q
thoroughbred horse, dam Little Ida,
$500; chestnut gelding Decoration
$50, by Edward Everett, dam Lady
Damon, $40; bay gelding Beverly
Jobnson nG7n NV Edward E,-eratt
dam Lady Sandford, $3.50; chestnut
Glly Arabella QS76), by Startle, dam
Aida Wolsey, 1913,
W. 7. Withers, Of Lexington, KY,
bought:
Roam mare Ruth (1S65), by Rysdyk'
Hambletonian, $3.50; bay mare Amy
Harris (1S72), by the Impson horse.
dam the Harris mare. and bay FLY
foal by Startle, for S1l0; brown FLY
Celeste (lSf6), by Startle, dam Gym
bal, $3.50; bay FLY Comma (lS77), by
S%tartle, dam Cymbal, $3.50.
j. q. McFerran & Son, Louisville.
/, Ky, bought
Black mare Hernia QS7D, by
i. Woodford's Mambrino, dam Hermosa,
500; bay mare Either (1S74), by
Woodford's Mambrino, dam Tulip.
: $500.
/, H.. c. Woodruff, of Mineola, L. l.,
bought
Bay FLY Elbelberta QS75), by Har
old, dam Juliet, $40.