Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-13
NEW F0RK,S GREAT HORSE SALE
The Spirited Bidding by Which Marcus
Daily Secured Mascot.

New York, March S.--fhe sensation OF
Yesterdays sale, was the sale of M"scott
by Stamboul and Minnehaha, and his
y~earliilg brother. II was announced that
bidders could have their choice OF animals.
Mascott is a fine-sized bay, with a white
left hind ankle and white lace eoronet. He
is a splendid looking colt, with a fine
action, and is Of undoubted gaminess. He
has trotted a quarter OF q mile in 3SA Sec
onds, and was warranted to 60 faster. He
was started at s., 5000, but in less than a
minute S 5000 were offered for him. His
price advanced steadily, a thousand at a
clip, until $4,000 was bid for him. Then
the auCtioneer paused a moment and made
q little speech. in which he claimed that
SIS, 600 WOULD ONLY BE A FAIR PRICE
for him or the other colts he was selling.
After this the bidding went steadily on
until $4,000 was reached, when there vas
|considerab' applause. The contest was
now between Mr.. Schultz OF Brooklyn and
D. S. Quinton of Treptof, n. j. They
raised each other $500 at. d clip, until a
burst Of APPLAUSE greeted he call OF $25,.
ooO. L. q SthOltA "INt Sh'hbc ON'
him, and went 81 900 better. Mr.. Schultz
turned his back 20 the s]uctioneer, who
dwelt a few moments over $26, 5000, aud
then, amid deafening applause, knocked
the animal down to Quinton at that fig
ure. This il the greatest ever bid for Il 2
y~ear-old-old by az auction sale. 1t is IN
derstood Q~uinton bought the horse fer the
Marcus DAILY Syndicate, wii0 have
A RANCH IN MONTANA.
A brother 10 Mascot was then put up
and sold TO Schultze, alter lively compe-
tition, for SIS, 500. 4 brown colt by SIAM
boul and Minnie Corbitt, $4,000. to J. s..
Ferguson. brown colt by Alcazar aud
Laura Corhitt, tn ". G. Hamilton OF Phiia-
delphia, for 81, 400. Unis to John Madden, |
$1,000. \ bay tilly by STEAMBOAT and
Nellie May, 81, 100, to j. S. Ferguson. A
year-old bay fily by Stamboul and Phala-
cia, $1,000, TO G. H. Hycks. A year-old
bay FLY by Ssamboui and Kitty Ware,
81, $50, to Mr., Hycks. A t~wo-year-old
bay by Stanboul and Lady Graves, So
$50, to D. S. Quinlau. A bay colt, a full
brother to The above, $1,000, to William
Marks OF Philadelphia. A two-year-old
bay FLY by Alcazar AMI Fanny Wise. |
81, 250, to W. FL. Lines. L bay flly
rwo-vear-old, by STEAMBOAT and Asterion, |
to j. Madden for $500. A b. +. y~earling
by Alcazar and Astryip, to c.. J. Hamlin of
Buffalo, for 2,100. A b.. c., two years old,
by STEAMBOAT and Young Signal, to F. A.
Coe of Littlefield, Coun-, for $4,000. A b.
c. yearling by Alcazar and Young Signal, to
B. C.. Holly OF Vallejo, CAL, for 5 1000. A
f., two years, by Stamboul and Mary
Arnold, to D. Nevine Of South Pennington,
Mass, for 81, 300, AID many Others.
THE TOTAL REALIZED MAS S122,425.
New YORK, March S.-The sale OF trot-
ting horses continued to-day. The crowd
large, bat the prices up to noon were
not above the average. The property OF 81.
NJ. tombstone OF the Eta Hills stock farm,
LOS ABgelef, Cal, was first disposed
Of. Trebizonde, b. C. by Stapboul out of
Elwood, brought S2,150, and Sid, b. c.,
$1,000. Other prices ranged from $275 to
500.