The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-10
THE GREAT SALE or BL00DEl
HORSES.
LADIES LOOKING on WITH AD
.MIRiTION
sULIIvAN's CHAMPIONSHIP BELT on
EXHIBITION
Kilrain Expected to arrive In New York
Tomorrow John Vard's Mascot From
the Island Of tsylon The cuban
morse King aud Good Movers.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of the TIurs.l

sports have paid very little attention T.
ANYTHING else except, possibly, the Cu5h
/ nl-Darilett iiIZle, which Disguised every
+ body who saw IT,
" hat has started people on the hOrs
question j. the wonderful exhibition
/ and sales o. California trOtters durinl
the week. Yesterday was the first da.
OF the sale, and IL was all that could b
desired. There were fully 1000 tur
men present, and among them men who's
names are familiar all over the cOuntrl
~ owners OF speeders with records
Robert Bonner, the famous owner Of thl
famous Maud 6, and Jacob Rupert
lie owner Of q big brcwry and an,
quantity of fast h0rse-1esh; William II
,ingerlY, Of the Philadelphia Record
Harry Smith, OF Fashion Stud Farm
Colonel BrosdEesd, Of Alexander
Woodbuin Farm, Kentucky; Hon
Ehzur smith, OF Connecticut, owue
Of Alcontara and Alcyone; Rober
Siull, OF Cedar Farm. Philadelphia, who
paid $50 900 recently for Antevolo; J
i. Gray, treasurer Of the National Trot
ting Horse Breeders Association, Snug
glers, owner; +. g. B6bcock, of Hornells
vile; G. J. Iiamlin, OF Buffalo, who own.
Belle Hamlin 2l3., and Mambrina King
John j.. Madden o. kentucky who SOLD
BO-quc Bonita awhile ago iCI $4,000 d
). 0uintOn. who drove Gossip, Jr. anc
FG,Ouia 10 their records; ". =. F0sig
secretary Of the Cleveland Driving Park
John Goldsmith and James Golden, th,
famous rcinsmon, and W r Allen, OF
PiisJurg, who has, i'm all probability
spent more money in b0r-eiiesh during
the past six months than any man In
America.
These are only the more prominent Of
The hundreds OF prominent men who
were present at the sale, and great
many ladies' looked az the horses and adj
mired their Cleau-cut limbs and intelli-
gent faces Some of The prices paid
were marvellous, forty-scycn of those
owned By Nh l.. J Rose. owner OF the
Rosemeade Farms, Los Angeles, going
for 5I15. 500. This makes an average OF
&1,52l for every one, and nearly two
thirds 81 them are ye8rllngs.
! have attended auctions OF every
description, from sheriff. sale in q
crossroads grocery store In Jersey 20 tho
private disposal OF her jewel by widow
who WAS going 10 Europe but ! never
saw such a sensational sale as this one
was. The sensation began when Mas.
cot. q rOyally-bred two yearOld, Wa put
ND. Mascot Is the sou of STEAMBOAT.
2l4f aud Minnehaha, the dam OF Bcauii.
Iul Belle, the dam OF Bell Boy, who WAS
sold recently for 9jl, 900 in Kentucky
The bluc-bloOied youngster was put to
"a cart and driven around the
track by young Mr Rose, son Of
the owner lie showed lis PAGES m
splendid shape, and squared away Ike
an old campaigner There was not a
sound to be heard, except the pounding
of Mascot AoOis upon ihe digl Every
body knew-ihey seemed 10 feel that
soNEIaISc was GOING 80 HAFPET
Wien the horse was brought to the
block. lie came up IN .beauafal shape,
and not a man present bat felt lillo
tiuge of envy shoot through bis frame
as he saw the beauty OF the animal, and
realized that in all probability The price
would be above his reach
J. II. Shuts, owner Of Pancoast, began
the reception by bidding 5000 Then
Scott Quinton, OF Trenton worked his
way through the crowd, and raised a
thousand. Then by thousands. five hun.
dreds and hundreds the bidding rose
Ouinton wanted the horse, and when
Suults offered $4,000 Il was with pal
ing face and a decidedly shaky voice
that he put Up $4,000 and took Mascot
The cause Of his nervousness was appa-
rent la,er in the day. He was acting for
a syndicate headed by Marcus Daily, j.
B. uoggin's Anaconda, mine manager.
This means that HOggin IS backing him
Qninton will train and drive for ths syn
dictate
To-day the crowd present was even
bigger than yesterday, and some good
prlce5 were paid for yeariings Rose,
the Californian, was in the hsppiest OF
moods over the success Of Yesterdays
sale, which seems 10 have placed the
California horse al the top of the heap,
not excepting kentucky speeders. The
fuct that many OF the Golden Gate stock
were bought by men from the Blue
Grass region seems 20 carry out alT.
Roses high opinion Of tbs far W estern
racer. There were only three notable
sales to-day Robert Bonner bought
Catherine, q two-yesr-old FLY OF fine
action. sired by the famous pacing stall
lion, Sidney, for $1,000. The other sales
were Of Guy Wilkes stock. Princess
Wilkes, black FLY, sired by Guy
Wiikes, from Woodford Queen, went 10
J. Il SHUTS for $500, and black
yeatling sired by Guy Wilkes, dam Sable
HAYWARD, and having most illustrious
line Of ancestors, was bought by {. J
Hsmlin, Of Buffalo, for $500. The
sale taken altogether, is considered by
horsemsn 10 be one Of the most im-
pOrtgnt ever held.
TIE CUBAN HORSE KING,
William Redding, IS now IN tle CITY,
preparing 10 send another consignment
of good movers to Cuba. lie has been
shipping stock 10 his country for twenty
five wears, and has made fortune out Of
the business Among the best animals
he is going 10 send away lie Bosque
Bonita. for whom be paid $4,000 re-
Gently. This mare is OF Hambletonian
stock. and last year trOtted the best re-
cord Of her cless-fOur-year. old--on q
half-mile track, making 2.26t
There Is not much confidence placed III
The report that the trotter kenilw0rth
formerly owned by Mayor Grant, of this
city, had died on the passage from this
port to Rio Janeiro. The news came
from the captain of an incoming steamer
which passed the vessel that carried
Kenilworth and other fast animals The
real message received here said that one
of the most valuable horses on board had
died. This would indicate that the
famous stallion Membrino Archie, sold
by Vermont dealer 10 Buenos Ayres
racers for $4,000, was the dead horse
SO that. after al, the speedy old geldine
may still be alive and able 10 show the
sports of Buenos Ayres his PAGES. Nam
brine Archie has a record Of OF 2.24z
but was not thought much Of in this
country
The World cabled John NJ Ward last
night asking whether he would go &c
Washington to play this season or not
ana received the following message lg9Gl
him early this morning: In reply tc
your cablegram again asking whether !
will 20 10 Washington % play bali thi.
year, can say nothing definite. / shall
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