Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-07-23
LOTTERY OF THE TURF.
valuable Race Horses Which Cost But LII
tla and Enrnad

Valuable Race Horses which Cost But Lit
tie and Earned Fortunes.
The redoubtable Harry Bassett, one
oil the best race horses the world has
ever known, brought only 1915 as a
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
S35, 900 on the turf. Bramble cost. $3.50
and won $4,000 during his career as
race horse, and sold for $4,000 as a
stallion when he was six. Vigil cost
S2lO as yearling, yet he won 1926, ,790
in stakes as a three-year-old alone, and
sold with another horse for $25, 900.
Tom Ochiltree brought only $500 as a
yearling, and sold for 81, 900 at the end
OF his third year, after he won $40, 800,
and the next year he won S22, ,S45.
Parole brought $3.50 as a yearling, and
won 1888, 900. Foxhall sold for $3.50 as
a yearling, and won S63,l25. Luke
Blackburn brought only S510, and won
S49,455. Glidelia brought only $500
as yearling; Sly Dance, S405; Ban
croft, Sl75; Boatman, $3.50, yet these
four won some $50, 1000 in prizes. Bram-
balotta brought only $500, and won
$40, Bootack brought only $500,
and won S4S,965. Ripple actually
brought only $50, and yet he won
SS,O55, and was second only
to Hindoo as three-year-old.
Ferlda brought only 1925 and won $685.
0S2.5O in stakes. Wallenstein sold for
SGO5 as yearling, and a year later
was disposed of for $4,000. Springbok
brought only S430 as a yearling. He
sold at two for S2,5O0, and was the
champion of his era, winning Sl9,750
in stakes.
These figures speak of what has been
accomplished by the purchase of mod
eratcly priced yearlings of former
years. Now, let us note those of the
past few seasons whose racing exploits
arc moro fresh in the minds of our
readers, Mr.. Bryant purchased Cen
eral Harding, by Great Tom, for $3.50.
The colt won $l6,634 as u two-year-
old, and Bryant refused $4,000 for
him. Colonel Bruce paid only $500
for Tyrant, and sold him, eight months
later, for 5000, and the colt won S11,-
ITO in stakes last season. Colonel
Bruce paid only $3.50 for Economy,
and sold her for $500, we believe, at
two. Tom Martin, by Longfellow,
cost Mr.. Fox only S275 as a yearling,
and he has won some $13, 1862. Mod
esty cost 1926 as yearling, and she
has won some S40,479. Her mate,
4izzie Dwyer, cost Mr.. Corrigan only
1925 at the Woodburn yearling
sale, and size has won 500, $40
in stakes. Mr.. Corrigan, like
wise got Irish Pct cheap enough
as yearling for $500, and last year
the colt won S14,916. The Billet filly,
Wanda, who won S7,205 as a two-year-
old, cost only 1875. AS a yearling
Loftin cost only $3.50, and Matte B,
$500. Decoy Duck cost Mr., Farrar
S42O as yearling, and as a two-year-
old, he refused $4,000 for her. He
paid only $500 for Telie Doe, who has
won twenty times that much. Mr..
Williams paid for Bob Miles, as a
yearling, only $500, and the horse has
won $25, ,025. We have already alluded
to Tyrant; but take some of the other
three-yeer-olds of last season. Mr..
Pate bought Editor for S40O as a
yearling, and has won $4,000. Favor
cost $40 as a yearling, is said to have
been sold for $4,000 at three and
has won S17,500 in stakes. Mr..
Williams paid only 1886 for Joe Cot
ton, but he was as cheap as dirt, for he
has won $22, 200 in stakes and fortune
in bets. OGlast seasons two-year-olds
we need only mention that the Invinci-
BILE Bankrupt cost as yearling only
S4OO, and Biggonet sold for $500, and
"squandered'' colts and fillies which
sold for nearly ten times as much
Spirit Of the Times.