St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-08
Fine Horses and Promising
Colts Bring Good Prices
at Auction.
After Some Spirited Bidding,
Mascot Is Knocked Down
for $4,000.
Colder Weather Makes Bet
ter Sport at the Curling
Bonspiel.
Jack Ryan, the st. Paul Mid
dleweight, Defeated by
George Kessler.

New YORK, March Fully 1850
people assembled in the American In
Stitute building at 10 o'clock this morn
ing to be present at the auction COM
bination sale of California trottiDg
stock. They found that trotting track
nearly One-sixth of a mile in length had
been laid in the building in order that
the gait and style of the animals to be
sold might be displayed thereon to good
advantage. This sale, both in the num-
ber of ANIMALS offered and their charac-
ter, was the most important of the kind
ever known in the East. 1t was the
greatest gathering of trotting horse
men seen in New York this win
ter, and was mainly composed
of men whose names are well known on
every trotting track and stable manner
David Bonner. j. II. Schultz, j. ID, Fer
gus0n, Jack Splan, John Madden and
w. J. Crowful, both of Lexington, KY;
Jack Bowen and John Golden, of Bos-
ton; John Goldsmith, of California;
Peter Johnson, of Philadelphia: r. F.
Myers. Dayton, o.: J. NJ. Wilcox,
Wilksbarra, P. and Gabe Case, of New
York. Promptly at 10 o'clock the auc-
tioneer mounted the rOstrum' and the
FAMOUS BAY FILLY, NEHUSHTA,
was hooked to sulky and sent around
the ring. She is by Stamboul, 2:14sl,
dam Meluska, 2:301a at two years.
Nehushta is fifteen and half hands
high, and is marked by small star.
She has been broken single and double,
is natural trotter, and made 2:371a
when three years old, and 2:30 Jan. II
last, winning her race in three straight
heats. She was knocked down to j. II.
Schultz, of Brooklyn, for $500. The
next animal offered was brown filly
by AlcaZar, 2:2015. dam Neluska, a half
sister of Nehushta. She brought 81, 900,
purchased by j. D. Ferguson, OF this
city. The third horse offered was a
yearling brown colt by AlcaZar-Nel uska
full brother of the filly sold be-
fore him. Sold to MIR. Ferguson for
$4,000. A bay tilly, by Sultan 2:24, dam
Sold to DIR. Fowler, or Moodus, Conn.,,
for 5000. Another large bay filly, by
Alcazor, dam Young Josie, was sold to
DR.. Fowler for S775; bay filly by Kis-
met, 2:26155, dam Ruth; was sold to G.
Campbell for $500; brown colt by Stam-
bOul, dam Ednah, was sold to C.M. Mix,
of Bolivar, n. Y, for $3.50. Brown
colt by StOmboul, Choice, was sold to j.
j. Bowers, of Boston, for S1.1O0. Then
came
THE SENSATION OF THE DAY
The sale of Mascot by Stamboul, and
Minnehaha, his yearling brother. 1t
was announced that bidders could have
their choice of the animals. Mascot is
fne-sized bay, with white left hind
ankle and white face coronet. He is a
spendid-loOking colt, with fine action,
and is of undoubted gameness. He has
trotted quarter of mile in :3S115S, and
was warranted to go faster. He was
started at $1,000, but in less than min
ute $4,000 was offered for him. His
price advanced steadily thousand
at a. clip, until $4,000 was bid
for him. Then the auctioneer paused
a moment and made little speech
In which he claimed that $4,000 would
only be far price for him or other
colts he was selling and predicted that
the stock farm which got him, no mat
ter how obscure it might now be,
would be celebrated and marked here,
after. After this bidding went steadily
on until $4,000 was reached. when
there was considerable applause. The
contest was now between Mr. Schultz,
of Brooklyn, and D. S. Quinton, of
Trenton, n. j. They raised each other
$500 at clip until burst of applause
greeted the call of $4,000 1t was Mr..
Schultz's offer. Mr.. Quinton saw him
and went $1,000 better. Mr.. Schultz
turned his back to the auctioneer, who
dwelt few moments over $4,000, and
then
AMID DEAFENING APPLAUSE
knocked the animal down to Mr.. Quin-
ton at that figure, the greatest ever bid
for two-year-Old at an auction sale.
1t is understood that Mr.. Quinton
bought the horse for Mike Daily and
syndicate who have ranch in Mon
tana. l.. j. Rose, who led the colt to him,
said: go and have the finest suit of
clothes that money can purchase made
for yourself and send the bill to me.''
The brother to Mascot was then put I'D
and sold to Mr.. Schultz, after lively
competition, for $500. Brown colt by
Stamboul, Minnie Corbitt, SS, 500,
to j. S. Ferguson; brown colt
by Alcazar, Laura Corbitt, to W. C.
Hamilton, of Philadelphia. for s2,4OO;
b +. by Alcazarr, Victoria, w. b. Lines,
S795; b f, by AlcaZar, Unis, Jonn Mad
Map, s4, 100, J. S. Ferguson; two-year-
old b f, by Stamboul, Phalacia, $3.50,
g: Ii. Hicks; two-year-old b f, Stamboul,
Kitty Ward, $3.50, Mr.. Hicks; two
year-old bay, by Stamboul. Lady
Groves, $3.50. D. S. Quinton; b C. full
brother to above, $1,000, to William
Marks, Philadelphia; two-year-old b f,
by Alcazar, Fannie Wise, s1,25O, to
w. 81. Lines; f, two-year-old, by
Stamboul, Astrione. J. Madden, $1,000:
b f, yearling, by Alcazar, Astrione, c.
j. Hamline, Buffalo, 2,100; b C, two
year-old, by Stamboul, Young Signal,
F. A. Coe, Littlefeld. Conn.,, s., $50; b C,
yearling, by AlcaZar, Young Signal;
b C, Holy, Vallejo, California. 81, 900; b
+, tw0-year-old, by Stamboul, Mary Ar
mole, G. ID. Nevins, South Framingham,
Mass, $500: b C. yearling, by Stam-
boul, Mary Arnold. Charles Nolan,
Philadelphia, Sl,4O0; Murtha, b f,
by Stamboul, Posey, &. Dennison'
Brooklyn, s1,50O; b c, yearling Dy
Stamboul, Georgiana, n. W. Hubinger,
$3.50; b +, yearling, by Stamboul,
Zingondel. d. s. Quinton, Sl,10O; year
ling, b f, by Stamboul, Del Fay, James
Golden, Sl,s00; b f, two-year-old, by
Alcazar, Clara Wall, W. II. Hicks,
Sl,l50; b C, yearllng, by Alcazar, Duff
ferine, NJ. Clark, Scranton, Pa, 1925.
The sale is absolute. To-day's offer
ings included the stock of Messrs. l.. J.
Rose, G. A. Durfee and H. Scott. The
total realized to-day was Sl22, ,425.