Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-04

soxNeK's COLTS.

Sal. e E.Es.y,s..r Fin. y.s.s A.,m.l.
$500.
New York, Oct. 29.-Robers Bonners
sale Of trOlting slock occurred 10 day 1t the
.gronnds Of the Manhattan Athletic club.
Mr.. Bonner recently found that he wAs buy.
Jog 20 rapidly and his stable Vas 20 steadily
increasing BY breeding that it ~ impossi.
BILE to give the care necessary TO develop
the best points Of = large number Of his
horses. He, therefore. resolved 10 reduce
his stable BY one.half, and hence at to-dsy's
auction sale, e~ighty.six well.bred trotters
we're sold for q total Of $34,740. The sale
drew al immense crowd, fully 5000 people
being present, including many breeders and
ho%rse-tanciers from ell paris Of the country.
The arrangements for selling were very poor.
Many of the bidders were too far from the
auction stand to make themselves heard,
and there was no chance TO show the horses,
and prices therefore ruled lower than they
would have done under more favorable cir
cumstances. When the sale was half over, .
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
celebrated horse Keene Jim, for instance,
was the fourth offered. He was in splendid
condition. The instant he was in front of
the auctioneer he was surrounded 90 that he
could not be seen-in fact, he wa sold be.
fore many on the grounds knew that he had
been offered. There were but four bids.
The first, $1,000, was followed by one of
$4,000, BY Charles A. Dana. Some one went
$500 better, and Nj. Dana raised the price
to $4,000, and become 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 pro-
badly 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 until the middle of the day, and
the auctioneer taken az much time a. he
did with Prince Imperial, for whom there
were fourteen bids, there is no doubt that
Keene Jim would have sold for $1,000 or
$4,000. The average for the eighty-six
head sold is a fraction less than $4O3 each.
Allowance should be made for twelve Of
this years foal sold with their dams, which,
of course. we're not worth any such average
price. The bay horse Prince Imperial, 10
years old, by William WEIGH, dam Flora
Temple, was sold to w. s. Osborne, Anso-
mia, Conn, for $l,425. The bay ReldinR
Carl Burr, 8 years old, by Rysdyk's Ham.
bletonian, dam Kate, was sold to A. NJ.
Judson, New York, for 81, zoe. William
Clark, of Chicago, made the following
purchases:
Brown colt "Why So" us7s), bv .
thoroughbred horse, dam Little Ida, ST.
500; chestnut gelding Decoration asia BY
Edward Everett, dam Lady Damon, $40
bay gelding Beverly johnson (lS74), BY
Edward Everett. dam Lady Sanford, $3.50;
chestnut fllv Arabella (l876), by S,ar.le,
dam Aida Wolsey, $675.
w. I. Withers, of Lexington, Kentucky,
bought:
Roam mare Ruth Qs65), by Rysdyk's
Hambletonian. $3.50; bay mare Amy Harris
(1872), BY Impson horse, dam the Harris
mare, and bay FLY foal by Startle, for $l1O;
brown flly Celeste (1S7e), BY Startle. dam
Cymbxl, $3.50; bay FLY Comma IS77), by
Startle, dam Cymbal, $3.50.
J.. q. Farren & Son, Louisville, Ky j,
bought:
Black mare Hernia (1s74), BY Wood.
ford's Mambrino, dam Hermosa, 500; bay
mare Either (lS74), by Woodford's Nam
brine, dam Tulip. $500.
h. c. Woodruff, of Mineola, L. l..
bought:
Ebay FLY Elbelberta (1s75), BY Harold,
dam Juliet, 500.