The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
LOTTERY OF THE TURF.
Valuable Race Horses which Cost Hut Lit.
tie and Earned Fortunes.

Valuable Race Horses which Cost Hut Lit.
tie and Earned Fortunes.
The redoubtable Harry Bassett, one
of the best race horses the world has
ever known, brought only 1915 as 4
yearling. yet he vanquished all the
great racers of his era, and won $780,
600 in stakes and purses. Glenmore
cost only sl75 as yearling. and won
$35, 600 on the turf. Bramble cost $3.50
and won 49,, 900 during his career as a
race horse. and sold for $1,000 as q
stallion when he was six. Vigil cost
S2lO as yearling, yet he won S25, 100
in stakes as three-year-Old alone. and
sold with another horse for So, 200.
Tom Ochiltree brought only $500 as a
yearling, and sold for 81 600 at the end
of his third year, after he won $500,
and the next year he won So,
Parole brought $3.50 as yearling, and
won $4,000. Foxhall sold for $3.50 as
yearling. and won S63.125. Luke
Blackburn brought only $50, and won
S49.4j5. Glidelia brought only $500
as yearling; Sly Dance, S4O5; Ban
croft, Sl75; Boatman. $3.50, yet these
four won some $50, 600 in prizes. Bram-
balotta brought only $500, and won
S20.265. Bootjack brought only $500,
and won 1896. Ripple actually
brought only $50. and yet he won
5000, and was second only
to Hindoo as three-year-old.
Ferida brought only 1926 and won $685.
OS2.50 in stakes. Wallenstein sold for
$605 as a yearling. and q year later
was disposed of for $4,000. Springbok
brought only $3.50 as a yeayling. He
sold at two for $500, and was the
champion of his era, winning $40, $50
in stakes.
These figures speak OF what has been
accomplished by the purchase of mod
erately priced yearlings of former
years. Now, let us note those of the
past few seasons whose racing exploits
are more fresh in the minds of our
readers, Mr.. Bryant purchased Cen
eral Harding, by Great Tom, for $3.50.
The colt won $16,634 as two-year-
old, and Bryant refused $4,000 for
him. Colonel Bruce paid only $500
for Tyrant, and sold him, eight months
later. for $4,000, and the colt won Sl1,-
40 in stakes last season. Colonel
Bruce paid only $3.50 for Economy.
and sold her for 81, 500, we believe, mt
two. Tom Martin, by Longfellow,
cost Mr.. Fox only S275 as ycarling,
and he has won some Sl3.S62. Mod
esty cost 1926 as ycarling. and she
has won some S4O.419. Her mate,
Lizzie Dwyer, cost Mr.. Corrigan only
1925 at the WOODBURY. yearling
sale, and she has won S2O.67O
in stakes. Mr.. Corrigan, like
wise got Irish Pat cheap enough
as yearling for $500. and last year
the colt won Sl4,916. The Billet iilly,
Wanda, who won 81, 205 as two-ycar-
old, cost only 1915. As n yearling
Loftin cost only $3.50. and Matte b.
$500. Decoy Duck cost Mr.. Farrar
1920 as a yearling. and as two-year-
old, he refused $4,000 for her He
paid only $500 for Telie Doe. who has
won twenty times that much. MIR.
Williams paid for Bob Miles, as a
yearling, only $3.50. and the horse has
won $50. OPS. We have already alluded
to Tyrant; but take some of the other
three-yeer-olds of last season. Mr..
Pate bought Editor for 800 as a
yearling. and has won $4,000. Favor
cost $40 as yearling, is said to have
been sold for Sl2.OOO at three and
has won Sl7.5O0 in stakes. Mr..
Williams paid only 1885 for Joe Cot
ton, but he was as cheap as dirt. for he
has won S22, 900 in stakes and a fortune
in bets. Of last seasons two-ycar-olds
we need only mention that the Invinci-
bic Bankrupt cost as yearling only
500. and Biggonet sold for o,,! $500. and
sold for nearly ten times as much
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