St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-29
KtHUNU lie HUnSESu
August Belmont's Big String
Of Flyers Sold Under the
Hammer.
The Dryers Buy Several OF
he Best at Rather Fancy
Figures.
Potomac Leads the Lot, Being
Knocked Off at a Cool
$4,000.
La Tosca Goes at a Good Fig
uPe--Faip Prices All
Around.

BABYLON, l.. l., Dec. 2S.-The sale
of the crack racers and the pick of the
yearlings at the Nursery stables of the
late August Belmont brought hosts of
the most prominent turfmen in the
country out to Babylon yesterday. The
event was regarded as the most i'm
portant sale ofracing horses that has oc-
cured since the selling of the Rancocas
stable in 1856, and the interest was cor
respondingly great. With such flyers as
Potomac, champion two-year-old, the
great Raceland, Prince Royal and La
Tosca to be disposed OF, 1t was antici-
pated that the bidding would be exceed
ingly lively and the prices paid away up.
For Potomac $50,000 was talked of as
about the right figure, while the other
cracks were put down at $4,000 to
$4,000, and expectations were aroused
to a high pitch. n special tain on the
Long Island railroad left Hunters Point
at o'clock this morning, carrying
about $50 sporting men, proprietors of
racing stables, or their representatives
and half 4 hundred men went out TO
Babylon on the early trains to get look
at the horses before the sale and make
up their minds as to which they wanted.
In the crowd were ID. d. WitherS, Dave
Gideon, Michael Dwyer, Phil Dwyer,
John Sheehan, Wyndham Walden,
II. q. Crickmore, james Sheridan,
j. +. Mcdonald, Ford Schenck,
of the Keystone stables; W.P. Jennings,
John Morris Jr., Alex McKeever, Matt
Byrnes. representing MIR. Haggin; John
DAILY, Mr.. Leybold, the Burrldge Bros. :;
E. Berry Wall, w. o. Scully, W. G.
George F. Smith, Capt. William Conner,
the Goodwin Bros. Alder Cooper, rep
resenting Senator Hearst: Judge New
ton, of GraveSend; Charles Littlefeld,
Howell Clark, j. II. Mccormick, &. d.
Mcintyre, Frank Clark, NJ. j. DAILY, w.
c. DAILY. Senator Gilbert Deane, the
Hough Bros, William Lakeland. Hardy
Durham; Jack Jayner, Richard b.
Hyde; Al Power. Lucien Applehy. Da-
vid Johnson, James McCabe; j. Walden,
MI. Warnke, a. Thompson and p. Weber.
Arriving at the Babylon depot at 1880
a score or more of stages were in readi-
ness to take the crowds out to the Bel
mont farm. which is nearly three miles
distant from the village. There was a
drive of half an hour in the crisp. nip
ping air over the snowy roads and then
the big barns and racing stables of the
Nursery doomed in sight. Lunch was
provided for the visitors at the lodge,
consisting of cold ham and beef sand
witches and ice water, and then the
crowd wandered through the stables
and inspe tied the stock which was to be
offered for sale. Fully $50 people
were present. Col. S. d. Bruce.
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was Mr.. BelmOnt'S private secretary,
represented the estate. The sale began
promptly at IL o'clock. Col. Bruce an
nounced the conditions of the sale, and
made little speech to stir up enthusi-
assn as the crowd gathered around the
tanbark Enclosure in the big, glass
rooted building adjoining the stables,
where the selling ring was located.
Raceland, the famous bay gelding and
winner of the SO Suburban, was the
first offered. The price was started at
$1,000 by Fred Eschner, and from that
point the figure slowly went up to
$500. The horse was Oh the point of
being knocked down to Father
Bill DAILY, when Michael F.
Dwyer bid the figure up to $1,000. at
which price he became the owner.
Then Eschner started the bidding on
Prince Royal at $500, and after toll
some struggle with the buyers, Col.
Bruck finally knocked him down at
$500 to Phil Dwyer. La Tosca proved
a great favorite. The bidding started
with an offer of $1,000, and was run up
until the FLY was knocked off to Hough
Bros. at SO, 600. Flavia, a chestnut tilly.
was started at 81 900, and knocked off at
s., 800 to F. McCabe. The chestnut filly
Beauty was the last one of the race
horses in training which was sold. The
starting bid was $1,000 by Fred Eschner
and the final was $500 by James Nc
Cormick. who is now the lucky owner
The details of the sale are:
Raceland, b G, ., by Billet-Calomel; NJ
Dwyer, $1,000.
Prince Royal, oh h. 5. by Kingfsher Prin
cess; Phil Dryer, $500.
st. Carlo, ch C, 3, by st. Blaise-Carina; W
II. jennings 81 900.
Magnate, b c, 3, by The Ill Used-Magnet
ism; Keystone stables, $500.
Potomac, CHI C, q by St; Blaise Susque
hanna; NJ. +. Dwyer, S25, 900.
st. Charles, ch C, imp The III Used-C arita
W. M. Harry.
Masher, imp The Ill-Used Magnetism; FREQ
Eschner, $4,000.
La Tosca, oh imp st. Blaise- Tongues
Hough Bros, Sl3, 600.
Flavia. ch f, imp st. Blaise-Flavina, F. Nc
Cabe, 81, 500.
Beauty, ch f. imp st. Bella. jane
Mccormick $500
The yearllngs brought the following prices
Alliance, CHI C, imp The Ill Used, dam AT
fnity, 81 200.
Beliissima. f, imp The Ill Used, dan
Bella $500.
Captive, b c. The III Used, dam sister O
Rampage, 50. 100.
Fidelio, b c. by imp The III Used dam Fill
cite, $1,000.
Ingot, C, by imp The Ill Used, dam Sim
pie Gold. $1,000.
Magnolia, bf, by imp The III Used, dan
Magnetism, So, 100.
e His Highness C, by imp The Ill Used
dam imp Princess, 3.4U0.
ST. Felix, b C, by imp st. Blaise. dam Eel
cia, 81 800.
St. Florian, ch c. by imp st. Blase. dar
Ecu Toilette, $4,000.
st. Mark, br C, by Incas dam Belladonns
sSUO.
Regina, CHI f. by imported The III Used
gr9nddam Lady Wordsworth, Sl:45O.
TaTanIella, b f by imported The Ill USED
Caliph. b c, by imported st. Blaise, dar
Sultana, $1,000.
st. Carolus, ch c, by imported ST. Blalse,
dam Carina, So, 100.
King Cadmus, c, by Kingfsher. dar
Victory, b C, by Brag, dam Viola, 81, 600.
Schuylkill. Oh C, by imported ct. Blaist
dam Susquehanna, $500.
When the struggle came for Potomac
the three-year-old son of st. Blaise, an
the grandest card in the lot, there was
deal of excitement. AS he was brough
into the ring, the sports began to shOl
more interest, and there was chez
when Eschner started the bidding a
$4,000. The bidding was slow, a
$500 a jump, till $4,000 wa
reached. Billy Lakeland, w. {
DAILY, Dave Gideon. Eschner, Jer
nings and Jimmy Rowe .-wer
among the bidders. Then Mike Dwye
jumped it with $1,000 raise and wa
seen $1,000 better by Rowe. Two NOR
bids brought the price to $4,000 A
this price the bidding ceased, and a
though Col. Bruce begged hard for al
other bid he could not get it. Potomac
one of the grandest horses ever led int
a sale ring, was knocked down to Nj. /
Dwyer for $4,000. The comparatlvel
small price realized for him was a gref
disappointment, and was due, in a
probability, to the fact that he was NJ
eligible to some of the richest tire,
Eear-Old stakes to be decided next yea
BIG WINNERS.