St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-06
The Inaugural Meeting Of the
Minnehaha Driving Park
Association,
With Good Purses Hung Up
for the Trotters and
PAGERS.
The People Of Preston, Mimi,
Will Hold a Trotting
Meeting.
More Minnesota FoaIs--NeW
England People Admire
Also Very Much.

Tuesday last the most remarkable
sale of a horse occurred at Maple Ridge
farm, near Lexington, KY, that was
ever known in the United States. On
that occasion Bell Boy, three-year-old
cold. sold for the large sum of $4,000.
The colt belonged to Messrs. G. G. Sea-
man, of San Diego, CAL, and Thomas
c. Jefferson, of Kentucky, who bought
him last year from the Kalamazoo stock
farm for 5000. When the last years
sale was announced at $50, 900 the story
was not believed, and now that it is re-
ported that he has been sold for $50, 600.
this report is also doubted. The story
OF the last sale is as follows: The bid
ding opened at $4,000 by j. S. Clark.
the well-known breeder. His part
owner, c. c. Seaman, raised the bid to
100000. The sale progressed in four
figure stages until it reached $4,000.
Then Messrs. Clark and Seaman, the
only bidders, dropped to $500 bids up to
$4,000. At this point Mr.. Clark
raised his opponent 500, and was
Immediately challenged by the answer,
$50, 0O0." There was no response and
Bell Boy became the sole property of c.
q. Seaman, of San Diego, Cal, at the
highest price ever realized for horse
III the United States at either public or
private sale. But two horses in the
world have brought higher prices, and
those were DOncaster for $4,000 and
Blair Athol for 100000. Both of them
were sold in England. The highest
prices for trotting stations were $4,000
for Smuggler, $4,000 for Pancoast,
Wedgew0Od at s25, 900 and Nutwood at
$4,000.
Bell Boy was foaled at Palo Alto
farm in 1885, and was sired by Election
eer, out of Beautiful Bell, $685., by
the Moor; second dam Minnehaha dam
of Alcazar, 2:23; Eva, 2:231195 land Sweet
heart, 1920, by Bald Chief: third dam
Nettie Clay, by Strader's C. m. Clay. AS
a two-year-old he got record of 2:26.
This season he will breed to eight
cen mares, and has forty booked
to him at $500 each for the
season of 1889. He is engaged
in the following stakes, to be trotted for
this year: Three-year-old stakes at
Maysville, KY, Aug. 20: Matron and
Nursery stakes of the National Breed
erS' association, at Detroit, Mich, Sept.
4 to 8; the GaSconade stakes at the St.
Louis fair Oct. 6, and the three-year-old
stakes of the Lexington, KY, trotting
association, to be trotted for in October.
He will be placed in Mike Bowerman's
hands for training and given q faster
record. The above is, in brief, the lis
tory of this remarkably good three-year-
old. He has been sold twice. First for
$4,000 and last week for $4,000. The
first sale was said to be bogus, and now
the second one is declared to be equally
as fictitious, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing from the Turf, Field and Farm:
The eXtravagant advertising of the
alleged auction sale of Bell Boy, at Lex
lngton, July 81, availed to bring to the
scene two alleged buyers. MeSsrs. John
S. Clark, of New Brunswick, n. j., and
d. G. Seaman, of San Diego, Cal. The
latter was already part owner of the
horse. These two fired away at each
other, the first bid being $4,000, until
Mr.. Seaman said, $40, 00O," Mr.. Clark
responded, $40, 100," Mr.. Seaman re-
joined, $4,000, and Mr.. Clark subsidized.
HOrsemen, who knew the circum-
stances, smiled broad smiles when they
read the news Wednesday morning.
The colt has not changed hands, will
remain in Kentucky and the net result
of the affair is aIictitious reputation for
Bell Boy and lot of printers bills to
pay.