St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-19
C. S. Radcliffe Buys the Pacing
Stallion George Wash
ington.
The Great Stony Ford Sale
of Trotte as--Green Mount
ain Maid.
What "Vigilant" Says About
Two Celebrated Erden-
helm Mares.
Lady Rolfe, the Kittson Mare,
Making a Great Rec
ord.

Last week was signalized by the larg-
est sale of trotting stock ever made to
one man. William Russell Allen, who
is establishing breeding farm at Pitts
field, Mass, paid Charles Backman, of
Stony Ford, n Y. s44, 100 for ten head
of horses. In 1876 Leland Stanford
bought thirteen head, including the
stallion Elect neer, from Mr.. Back
man, for which he paid 81 200. Mr..
Allen paid Sl2,50O for Lancelot, bay
colt one year old. by Messenger Duroc,
dam Green Mountain Maid. This was
the highest priced animli of the ten.
He also got five-yearold mare (Sl0,000)
and two-yearold FLY (S5,o0o),
both out of the celebrated mare
Green Mountain Maid. The price
paid for these three was s27.500.
This seems to be large price, eSpecl-
ally as one was a yearling and another
a two-year old. This illustrates the
value of what is known as gilt-edged
breeding. Green Mountain Maid has
shown herself to be wonderfully sue
ceSsful brood mare. She has seven sons
and daughters that have made fast
tliIiC do 1OIiONS. lOSICtO. ~. ViiiS
Trot. 2:22; Storm, 1860; Miranda,
tonic, 2:2S$l. The only mare in the
world to approach her is Beautiful
Bells, who has five with records as fol-
lows: Kinda Rose. 2:l915; st. Bel,
2:24]5; Chimes, 2:3094; Bell Boy, 2:26;
Polo Alto, 2:2S15. All these performers
out of Beautiful Bells are by Election
Ger. Here are twenty-three animals
that brought $S5,300 cash. Moral for
breeders: Breed nothing but the best.
The Death Of Lucy.
Spirit Of the Times
The famous cid trotting mare Lucy,
2:1S4, by George NJ. Patchen, 2:2315.
was found dead in the pasture at Fash
ion Stud farm, Trenton, N j., last
week. She was the last of the cele-
DRAFTED old-timers. including Goldsmith
Maid, 2:l4, and Lady Thorn, 2:lS14, and
which formed the foundation of that
establishment. Lucy was undoubtedly
the greatest female representative of
the Clay, as was Goldsmith Maid Of the
Hambletonian and Lady Thorn of the
Mambrino Chief families. She has
left long line of progeny which al
ready gives the strongest kind of
evidence that her name and fame will
Her first foal was called Major, foa led
in 1860. gelded and trOtteda trial in 2::22s.
Her second foal in 1878 was Inheritor,
VINO died when coming four years old,
and left but four foals. one of which
was Montgomery, 2:214. Her third
foal was Lucia, who is already the dam
of eight living foalS, the oldest of which
is Zoe, by Gen. Knox (never trainedl,
the dam Of Trapez, three-year-old rec
ord 2:2914. The next is Beulah. 2:l912,
full sister to Lucia; the next Lucetta
(anOther sister never trained: tie next
Lammermoor, four ear-old record $3.50,
by Rumor, 2:24$4; the next Edgardo
(who tr0tted trial in 2:40115 as two
year old: Hurry Burly now two years.,
and Hurah- "a yearling), are brothers to
Lammermoor. Her last foal. in 1888, by
Pancoast, was sold at five months old
for 81 800. The fourth fOal OF Lucy in
1877 was Mikado, by Gen. Knox,
who is now standing in Ken
lucky, near Lexington, and al
ready gives evidence of contributing to
the fame Of the grand old mare. Her
fifth foal, 1879, was Triumvir, who was
burned, the property of W. II. Wilson,
Cynthiana, KY. The sixth, 1880, was
Sapphire now III California, in foal to
Electioneer), the dam of Nominee, who
sold for $1,000 as a yearling at the Nc
Ferran sale. and Nominator, who sold
for $3.50 at five months old, and the
seventh. 1881, and last, was Sybil, the
dam of Syndic, owned by A.. j. Cation,
Joliet. ILL.,; Sylvia, owned by j. Y.
Stryker, Springfield, Ill.,, and Sym
pathy. owned by R. b. Metcalf, LeXing-
ton, Ky. Lucy was buried by the side
OF Goldsmith Maid, her old travelling
companion, with Lady Thorn on one
side and Tattler, the greatest son of
Pilot, Jr., on the other. just inside the
homestretch Of the Fashion course, near
tie Judges stand.