Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-26
ADvERrIsFMENr MENTION.
nrslness AdvertLsemenf.
LOCAL IEfELLIGETGB.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AT AUCrIO.
Does it Pay to Raise Thoroughbred
Hor ses for Annual ales?

TH0R0UGHBREDS AT 4UCm0y.
Does it Pay to Raise thoroughbred
Ho, ses for AnDual ales?
The third annual sale Of thoroughbred
horses. the property Of Theodore Winters,
comprising the produce of Norfolk, Joe
Hooker, Jumbo and Three Cheers, at
Rancho del Rio, took place at the stables of
Chas H. Shear, opposite Agricultural Park
Saturday afternoon. Colonel S. D. Bruce,
of the Turf Field aud Farm, New York
city and author of the ." American Stud
Book" was the auctioneer. The animals
offered for sale included seventeen colts
and fillies, a thoroughbred filly four years
OLD and three aged brood mares. The colts
were of excellent form, large, well devel-
Oped. in excellent condition, and perfect
types Of race horses, the full brothers and
sisters Of animals that have during the past
few years won laurels throughout the
United States, and done much toward es-
tablishing the now universally conceded
fact that California, and not the blue
grass section of Kentucky, is the national
breeding and rearing place of the coming
kings and queens of the American turf.
Mr. Winters stations were all good race
horses in their day, and their get has in
nearly every instance proved TO be racers.
Norfolk, bay horse, was fOaled in 1861,
bred by Robert A. Alexander, of Wood
burn, Ky. He is by Lexington, dam Nov
ice, by imp. Glencoe, with a long and re-
putable ancestry. Norfolk ranks as the
best son of the great Lexington. He was
never beaten on The turf, and his race at
three miles in 5:274 and 1921 is the best
one ever ran. He is sire of Twilight, Con-
nor, Ballot Box, Trade Dollar, Flood, Prince
of Norfolk, Duchess of Norfolk, Lou Spen-
Ger, Hattie B., Alta and numbers of others
Joe Hooker is by Monday, dam May
flower, by imp. Eclipse. He is a chestnut
horse, loaied in 1872, and is sire of Fred
Collier, jim RenWick, Neva, Winters and
other winners.
Three Cheers is dark bay horse, foaled
in 1871, by imp. Hurrah, dam Young
Fashion, by imp. Monarch. He has the
Newminster and Bay Middleton blood upon
the Priam and Cation through Trustee. His
grandam was the best race mare of her day,
and defeated Boston in the great match,
the North against South, run May 10, 1912.
His ancestry were all distinguished upon
the turf
Jumbo is q finely-tormed chestnut horse,
foaled in 1877, and a full brother 10 Joe
Hooker.
The number of specializing horsemen
present was small, the bidding in no in
stance was spirited, and some of the ami
mails were passed without a bid. An old
turfman remarked that those sold were
given away. Below is given a list of those
sold, with the name of the buyer and pur-
chase price:
Orc, bay colt, foaled March 81, 1884, by
Norfolk, dam Golden Gate, by imp. Lean
ington. w. NJ. Murray, $3.50.
Dynamite, chestnut colt, foaled May y,
1884, by Joe Hooker, dam Chestnut Belle
by Norfolk. Albert Cooper, $500.
Chestnut colt, foaled January o, 1885, by
Joe Hooker, dam Puss, by Norfolk. w NJ.
Murray, $500.
Bay colt, foaled January u, 1885, by
Norfolk, dam Marian, by Malcolm. Kelly
q Lynch, $1,650.
Chestnut colt, foaled February %, 1885,
by Joe Hooker dam Countess Xeika, by
Norfolk Kelly & Lynch, S725.
Bay colt, foaled April s. 1885, by Joe
Hooker, dam Ada c., by Revenue. Mum
roe johnson, $500.
Chestnut colt, foaled April 8, 1885, by
Joe Hooker or Jumbo, dam the celebrated
racer Irene Harding, by Jack Malone. w.
W. Murray, $110.
Chestnut colt, foaled March 2S, 1885, by
Three Cheers, dam Atlanta, by Norfolk.
Case Winchell, $3.50
chestnut hily, ioaieu March II, 1862 by
Three Cheers, dam Alice N, by Norfolk,
John Mackey, $3.50.
Chestnut FLY, foaled March 10, 1885, by
Joe Hooker, dam Laura Winston, by Nor
folk w 3. Todhunter, 500.
Bay FLY, foaled March D. 1885, by Joe
Hooker. dam Abbie w, by Norfolk. w.
B. Todhunter, $500.
Chestnut flly, foaled March 10, 1888, by
Joe Hooker, dam Laura Winston, by Nor
folk John Maclley, 1919.
Thoroughbred FLY Flora, years old. by
Joe Hooker dam Illusion, by Alarm,
stinted to Norfolk. Colonel James McNas-
ser, $3.50.
Thoroughbred mare Ada c., foaled 1868,
dam Of COnnor and Ballot Box, stinted to
Joe Hooker and Duke of Norfolk. Colonel
James McNasser, 800.
Thoroughbred mare Big Gun, dam of the
celebrated Jim Renwick, stinted to Joe
Hooker and Duke of Norfolk. William
Mccormack. $50.