New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-19
CHARLES REEDS BIG BLUFF.
HOW HE . EARTHQUAKED' THE MILLION
AIRES.
ST. BLAIsE MIGHT HAVE GONE TO $4,000
COMPARATIVE PRICES OF STATIONS IN
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.

COMPARATIVE PRICES OF STATIONS IN
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
Let Charles Reeds magnificent bluff go down to
posterty Let roll along the corridors OF time anu
be an incentive TO the youth Of the country never
was a hand better played.
The mighty Ormonde, the Z" horse OF the century
as EnglishmeD love TO call him. went to the stud OF
Mr. Boucan near Buenos Ayres. for $4,000 price
only equalled mt that time by DOncastcr for whom ne
Duke OF Westminster paid $4,000 sixteen years ago
Blair Atho the most beautiful horse 1t Is saiu' ua'
ever raced In England came next, the owner Oh 'ho
Gotham StGd causing the world to wonder when ne
bought him at the fabulous sum of S62,ooo III elA-
teen seasons this celebrated horse earned in STUD ices
the enormous sum OF S325 600 Melton went TO ltaiy
at $4,000, and Verneul TO Hungary at S3o'ooo' MI
Crawford gave $4,000 for Isonomy, and Mr. Biehhroh
$40 900 for Scottish Chief Robert the DeVh ietcneu
$4,000, Hampton $4,000. Macaroni Soo,ooO' Inc
Palmer $4,000. Gladiator, the greatest Frenchman
of them all S35 900, SiviO $4,000, and others OF
almost equal merit sums ranging from @os,oOO uo"h
TO 5000, the price paid for The Baron
OF the celebrated stations sold In the United states
Iroouois fetched the highest price, General Jackson
having for him s34 COO Tie same gentleman secured
Luke blackburn at 100000. Galore, imported by ME-
Maxwell for racing purposes in 1885, fetcneo llTEho
land $4,000 and sold two years later as stnoh
to John A. Morris for 100000 He never raoeo III '"'
country terrible exposure at sea ana on inc OaAIcn
wastes of Long Island rendering him unfit for training
Mr. swigert gave S25, 900 for the unbeaten fremont
known all over the turf world as the black locono
tive" The immortal Lexington fetched only Slo'ooo'
Kentucky, sold a racehorse TO Leonard W. jerome
for $4,000 fetched $4,000 stallion, August Bel
mont being the purchaser. Mr.. Harper refused
$4,000 for Longfellow as far back as 1871 ana
"Jac7 Chinn laughed at an offer Of $4,000 for Leon
atus.
In comparison with these prices. the 100000 paid
for ST. Blase may well amaze and confound the oleco-
ers Of tboroughbreds all parts of the world He was
a,rox Tho vcf efaE I'm
Derby was looked fuke and when Mr. Bel
mont bought him the general belief that he had
made a mistake. The price was only Slo'ooO' anu
Arlington his breeder, felt that the horse was
well sold. lie 10 America, is in the stud I'VE
years, goes under the hammer, and is knocked down
at 100000 That is new record, and II VIII slauu'
Is St Blaise worth 100000? Il make my own
songs and l sing them," says Charles Reed man OF
strong individuality and striking originality. All
we want now is little luck" be adds, and the sue
cess of Fairview is assured. We have some good
mares down there"
Mr. Reed WAS not looked OH as a possible purchaser
of St. BIaise. He described himself too often as
poor man. 1t was believed that one OF the many
mlonaires of the East or OF the Paclhc slope "ouu
secure the horse, public opinion pointing strongly
toward Pierre Lorillard, General Sanford E. C. "tef
jacob RUPERT ]. b. Haggn and Marcus DAY.
~Poor Reed" to use his own words wanted the
horse and made up his mind to have him II S5OOVe OF
$50, 900 could buy him. and going to WORK very q"etp
he gathered together 1854 900. This sum he Dao Win
linn on Friday He attended tho sale OF brood mares ana
1veaninps on that day. Mortified at the e1taVas'ht
,r1ccs and returned from Hunts Point with the con-
yicton that st. Blase would fetch at least $looooo
md possibly more On Saturday he arose early and in
The EXPRESSIVE language of the West, hustled when
night came he took his place at the sale ring VIII
1000 in cash in his inside pocket
The only chance Reed has is 10 earthquake these
tauowss was his mental remark as be pulled his nat
low down on his forehead and let his gitteTmg eye l
mon Iorillard, HaggLn, Rupert Potter ana oOher
axpected competitors with millions AT IheH DaoA'
General Sanford sat beside him. which caused many I"
imagine that he was bidding for the Amsterdam man
ot carnets But there had been understanding De
tween tho two, brought about in Mr. Reeds apio-
matte way. - u. -.
~see here Sanford" he had said In the course OF
the afternoon "you are a millionaire and can anoru
IN give any price for this horse. Reed is poor man.
Now don't you bid against poor man unless the
price goes beyond his limit. Reeds limit is
100000"
An right said the General. aft the other fellows
don't raise You ! WON'T .
Continuing his mental remarks at the ring side,
"Poor Reedo said: "Yes, Reeds only chance Is TO
earthquake them If he doesn't make the limit mighty
high those millionaire fellows will get in the pot
cbeap and stay along 81 900 ante don't look very
big III start in so strong that they won't draw any
cards.
Three bids of $4,000 were made simultaneously.
from Pierre LOrlliird, one from LuCleh APPlo0S'
who in the excitement of the moment stood up anu
raised his hand, and the third from an unknown
Then came the greatest bluff of modern tRees when
Poor Reeds" 100000 bid rang through the house.
OF "a truth he had earthquaked them II the ground
had opened and swallowed them they could not have
dropped their hands quicker.
The auctOneers ivory mallet fell with rap so hard
as 10 split the top of the desk and st. BaiSe passed
into the possession of the master of Plrvlew, tho
home of ThOa and the birthplace Of Yorkville Belle
Mr. Reed said yesterday that he would have gone
10 $4,000 and taken the chances OF raising the
$4,000 that lie didn't have in his pocket General
sanford il is understood among his friends was pre-
pared to stand OFF the other mlionaires at $4,000
hut he Kept his word with Poor Reed" the man who
makes his own songs and sings them - -,
The sum total of the Nursery sale, ncludlng the
horses in training which were sold I'm December the
farm at Babylon and the unexpred lease OF the breed
ing farm in kentucky, is S707 645. In all 131 horses
old