St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-22

in number, belonging to the Runnymede,
Dixiana and McGrathiana farms were
sold for SS1.415, All these sales. OF
both classes. took place this year. nave
omitted no sales, of which have found the
record. No words of mine eau speak as the
above figures. If the sale of MIR. LorIllar'tS
81 head OF thoroughbreds at an average Oh
SIS, $50 seems phenomenal, how much more
marvellous must
THE GLENvIEw SALE APPEAR!
1t has long been patent fact that trotters
do not sell well at auction. Nearly all the
breeders sell their trotting stock at private
sale, and dare not initiate the example OF
breeders of thoroughbreds in offering their
stock at auction. The Woodburn farm IS
PROBABLY the tirSt in the world. 1t breeds
both thoroughbredS and trotters OF the finest
quality. Maud S and her dam, as well as
the dam of Jay.Eye See first saw the lignt
in her classic groves. Princess and Pan
coast, Nutwood and Fannie WitherSpoon
were all bred there. Woodburn. for short
time. tried the experiment of selling his
trotting as well as his thoroughbred year
lingS al auction. At ono Of his last sales,
where his trOtting colts were offered at auc-
ton. 80 trotting yearlings brought 81. 35o,
an average of $244. The Thoroughbred
yearlings. at the same sale, 80 ia number,
brought S33, $40, an average OF S9sS-
three times as large an average as
that made by the trotterS. Recollect
this was at the home of Abdallah, Pilot,
Jr.. Edwin Forrest, Norman, Almont
and an army of others just as great. Again.
Messrs. Staples, McGrath, Sherwood and
Carpenter breed just as good trotters every
KiffcOn Nnw in the
sale in which this distinguished member of
the turf united with these gentlemen,
above mentioned contrast the beggarly av-
verage of S2O7 with the average of S770.
which fifty-eight head of Commodore Kilt
sons young thoroughbreds brought at the
public sale held at Erdenheim this fall. You
will notice, as at WOODBURY., the average
price of the thoroaghbreds was little over
three times the average obtained by the trot-
tiers. 1t is not necessary for any one to listen
to either Mr.. Grattan or myself: no sophistry
can alter facts. An examination OF Jew
files of any Eastern sporting paper will
show you yourselves whether runners are
cheaper" For while Bonnie Scotland
yearlings averaged 81. 200. Lemington's
yearlingS were as good as gold note for
81, 200. The Spendthrift yearlings once
averaged So 600. There is another light,
still, in which to look at these two indus
tries. ThoroughbredS sell as wean-
lings, or yearlingS. Trotters almost
invariably have to show something before
a good price can be obtained. Deduct from
the price received for a promising trotter
the amount spent in sending it to school,
and you will find it encroaches very mate
rally on your profits. Again. fashions in
trotting horses are continually changing,
To-day it is the Wilkes family, yesterday it
was another. tomorrow nobody knows what
it may be. With the throughbredS there is
not so much difference. A thoroughbred is
a thoroughbred; although some families are
sought after more than others, none are
banished from notice, 1t is an axiom
among race horse men that you cannot
breed thoroughbreds in such way as to
preclude the possibility of racing well.
This inSures good prices for all. That eX-
cellent horse of Mr.. Staples, Gov. Neptune,
is most unfashi0nably bred, as is Beacons-
field. who was awarded by the Handicapped
the top weight in the Suburban last year.
Considering everything, it is wonder that
some Minnesota capitalist has not embarked
in the enterprise of breeding thoroughbreds.
The racers bred in the North of England
average better than those bred in the South
Mr.. Larabe, of Montana in Montana Re
gent, our own Mr.. DeGraff, in Fleur de Lis.
have demonstrated the ease with which
first-class race horses can be bred in the
North. Col. King bred as fine cattle in
Minnesota as the world ever saw.
With the exception of Roundheads, Reg
icdes. and their descendants. the men of
the North are the best; the Northern dogs
are the best. Contrast Emphatic Spanish
sheep dog with a Scotch colly, an effemi-
nate. delicate, Newmarket greyhound with
the Highland staghound. Then, why not
the horse. and if the horse, why not the
thoroughbred? JOHN BRADFORD.