St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-25
AMONG THE HORSES.
O. A. De Graft and George W. Sherwood
Return From the Great GlenView
Sale,
And Tell of Some Of the Wonderful Stock
They Saw While in Ken
lucky.
l5o rs
Seven Head of Glenvfew Youngsters
Brought to Minnesota to Enrich
Our Stock.
An Interesting Description of How
Marvin Made Trotter Out OF
Smuggler.
,,,,o c,.,t Sale os Trotters.

The Great Sale Of Trotters-
c. A. De Graft and George w. Sher-
wood. of st. Paul. who attended the
great sale of trotting horses at Glenylew,
XIV, have returned home. Their admira-
ton for what they saw at this great stock
farm is very pronounced. Both of these
gentlemen are pretty cool, and seldom en-
thuse. but on this occasion they departed
from their usual custom. Mr.. DE Graft
SAYS he never saw such lot of stock,
especially young stock, as he saw at Glen
view. They were the best broken colts
ever shown, and he declares he never saw
so much speed for young things. 1t was
wonderful. Stockings and yearlings would
trot off like old horses. There was not
bad one among the colts sold. They saw
the great Patron trot mile in 2:1S, simply
for exhibition, on the track that was at
least four seconds slow. Mr.. De Grath
saws that all Kentucky regretted to see the
cream of Kentucky trottlng stock go away
from that famous state, and be scattered
from Maine to Texas, as IL was. Ihey
felt very sore, but they could not help II. Ii
seemed as though all Kentucky was dumb
founded to see NorthemerS come INTO their
borders and take away the very best there
was in the state. Mr.. De Grail says that
Nora Wilkes is the best Wilkes mare he
ever saw. She went to +. ID. Stout OF
DUBUQUE. La. 1t was a grand sight, he
said. to see the NutwOOd colts lead out.
They constituted the grandeSt lot of young
Sters he ever looked upon, and he declares
that had Nutwood not been sold till after
his produce had been exhibited and dis
posed OF. instead of selling for S22, 900 he
how hrOmOht
600. Mr.. De Graft gives quite
dramatic description of the sale
of NutwOod. AS the grand old horse was
brought out. his coat gIistened in the sun,
and he grew somewhat FESTIVE when the
crowd pressed around him. ''Give him
room" shouted Capt. Kidd, the auctioneer,
land give me bid on him. You all know
what he is and what he is worth" Maj.
Overton, of Nashville, Tenn, who, with
others from that state, is founding a large
breeding establishment. sang out $40.
O00," and the sale was begun. Then +. d.
Stout, of Dubuque, Ia, raised him, and
on to SIC. 900 followed him. Here the
bidding hung little, and il looked as
though Stout would get him at that figure.
Then he started at $500 bid until $40, 900
was reached. Here was another hull, when
someone raised it 500, and then it reached
S22. 900 on Stout's bid. This is where it
finally stood. Capt Kidd sought to lift the
sum higher. and said, turning to Maj. |
Overton and his friends from Tennessee:
''Y GU men from Tennessee came here to |
get the great NutwoOd. He is leaving you. |
Don't let him get away from you, major"
Then, raising his hands, one above the |
other and gradually bringing them to-
gether, he said: when my hands come
together he will be gone" They ap-
preached each other. Goodbye" he said, |
ito the great Nutwood. he is going in one |
minute more. Here he goes, major. Fare |
well to Nutwood," and the hands closed |
and he went to Iowa.
WHERE TIE STOCK WENT.
Of the stock sold. seven head came to
the state of Minnesota, as follows:
lockwood, b. c., foaled April 70, 1886, by
Nutwood, first dam Rapidan by Dictator, sec
end by Edwin Forrest. $1,000. Bought by
George W. Sherwood, St. Paul
Checker, CD. f., foaled March 81, 1886. by
Cuyler; first dam Ethel Golddust; second,
Zelcadi Golddust. Sherwood, $40.
Minnie, b. M, foal 1876, by Mambrino
Patchen. Sherwood, S570.
Some Day, CHI. c., foaled April s, 1886, by
Nutwood; first dam Kate Patchen, by Nam
brine Patchen, second dam Lady Abdallah, by
Abdallah. Bought by c. NJ.
Clough, Rochester. Mimi.
Baby, b. m, foaled 1877, by August Bel
mont. sire of Don CosSack, 2:2S; first dam by
Richelieu, son of Mambrino Chief. Bought
by A. Carlson, st. Peter, Nina, $3.50.
Turin, b. f., foaled April 29, 1885, by Nut
wood; first dam Tallulah by Hero of Thorn
dale, second dam by Clark Chief, third dam
by Cars Edwin Forrest. Bought by G. A. |
DeGratf, $1,110.
Prefix, br. m, fosled 1880 by Pancoast. first |
dam Galatea by Messenger Duroc, second |
dam Hyacinth. by Volunteer, third dam |
Clara, by Seely's American Star. G. A. De- |
graft, 81, 900.
Thus there were brought into the state |
seven animals of great value. Three of |
these, two colts and one FLY, are by Nut |
wood. One mare by Pancoast that sold for |
SIS. 900, one mare by Mambrino Patchen, |
one FLY by Cuyler and one mare by August |
Belmont. The largest purchase was made |
by Mr.. Schultz, of New York, who bought |
six animals for SD. 700. F. d. Stout, of |
Dubuque, Ia, gave $50, 900 for three head, |
including NutWOod. May OvertOn, OF |
Nashville, Tenn, paid S21, SIS for ten head. |
Mr.. j. l. Case bought Benny Doom, the |
dam of NutbTeaker, with six others, for
ST, $50. Gen. WitherS bought seven for
S12, $50. The brood mares that have pro-
duced one or more 2:30 trotters brought |
S21, lao for the eleven, averaging 81. 800. 81.
Regina Victoria brought the largest price,
81, OPS. Of the performers with records of
2:30 or better. the seven catalOgued brought |
300, S75. averaging IS, 966. 43. This list in
Guided both Nutwood and Pancoast, both of |
whom sold on their merits as sires The |
most astonishing feature of the sale was |
the large average realized for the yearlings |
and weanlings. Thirty-four foals of 1885 |
brought S45. 245, averaging 81, $50. Is, and |
Ehirty-seven weanlings aggregating S45, SO, |
being an average of 81. $50. The rea-
sOn why these animals brought these |
high prices is as plain as anything can be- |
They were by tried sires of established |
who had speed and breeding, |
out of mares of the same kind. In other |
words. the stock on both sides was of the |
very best in the trotting world Selling |
horses at auction usually has the tendency |
to depreciate values. This sale establishes |
the fact that when animals are offered for |
sale at auction can show this kind of |
breeding as to quality, they will bring top |
prices and from this fact breeders should |
take hint. The following is the grand |
total:
The farm, 647.44 acres, at S113.50
per acre Observation-Disclosures. S73,474.44 |
The otal for the breeding animals
belonging to the estate. 324, $4,000
Total for land and breeding
dIilIHaIS.. S39S, l24. 90 |
Charles Marvin and SmuggIer.
This well-known trainer, who drove the |
Our-year-old FLY Manzanita at st. Louis a |
week or two ago in 2:16. beating the great
'our-year-old Patron, is made the subject
II sketch in the Chicago Horseman.
Marvin formed a partnership with a man
named Mitchell in Kansas. and in 1872 thew
moved to Olathe, Kan, built track and |
commenced the business of training horses