The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

PRICES PAID FOR s1AllIons.

PRICES PAID FOR sTALlIoMs.
That Obtained for st. Blaise Was
the Highest.
In view of the enormous figures
which st. Blaise brought it is per.
tinent at this time to compare the
price paid with the cost of othe,
stations of renown, by which com.
parison it would certainly appear
that Mr.. Reed has paid the full
value for his purchase. For exam.
pie, the mighty Ormonde, the "horse
of the century" as Englishmen love
to call him, went to the stud of Mr..
Boucan, near Buenos Ayres, for
$4,000, price only equaled by
Doncaster, for whom the Duke OF
Westminster paid $4,000 sixteen
years ago.
Blair Athol, the most beautiful
horse, it is said, that ever raced in
England, came next, the owner OF
the Gotham stud causing the world
to wonder when he bought him at
the fabulous sum of $62,5OO. In
sixteen seasons this celebrated horse
earend in stud fees the enormous
sum of $325,OOO. Melton went to
Italy at $4,000, and Verneuil to
Hungary at $39, 900.
Mr.. Crawford gave $4,000 for
Isonomy and Mr.. Blenkiron $40,-
600 for Scottish Chief; Robert the
Devil brought $40, 900; Rayon dor,
$40, 900, to the Hon. w. L. Scott ;
Hampton, $50, 900; Macaroni, 1885,
500; The Palmer, 49,, 600; Gladia-
teur, the greatest Frenchman of
them all, $35, 900; Silvio, $35, 900,
and others of almost equal merit
sums ranging from $4,000 down
to 5000, the price paid for The
Baron, while Common, the most
famous English racehorse of the
present decade, was recently sold
for $4,000.
OF the celebrated stations sold in
the United States, Iroquois fetched
at auction the highest, General Jack
son paying for him $4,000. The
same gentleman secured Luke
Blackburn at $40, 600, Bramble, $751;
600 and Enquirer $4,000. Galore,
imported by Maxwell for racing
purposes in 1888, fetched in Eng
land $4,000, and was sold two
years later as stallion to John A.
Morris for $4,000. He never raced
in this country, terrible exposure at
sea and on the barren wastes of
Long Island rendering him unfit for
training. A. J. Cassatt refused $780,
600 for The Bard.
Mr.. Swigert gave, it is claimed,
$25, 900 for the unbeaten fremont,
known all over the turf world as
the "Black Locomotive" which has
since been sold at public sale to
General Jackson of the Belle Meade
stud for $18,5OO The immortal
Lexington fetched only $4,000.
Kentucky sold as racehorse to
Leonard w. Jerome for $40, 900,
and fetched but $15 1000 as a STALL
ion, August Belmont being the pur-
chaser. Mr.. Harper refused $780,
600 for Longfellow as far back as
1871, and "Jack" Chinn refused an
offer Of $780, 900 for Leonatus.
In comparison with these prices,
the 100000 paid for St. Blaise may
we'll amaze and confound the breed
ers of thoroughbreds in all parts
of the world. He was regarded as
far below the frst-class in England.
His Derby was looked on as a f1uke,
and when Mr.. Belmont bought him
the general belief was that he made
a mistake. The price was only
$4,000, and Lord Abingdon, his
breeder, felt that the horse was we'll
sold. He comes to America, is in
the stud five years, goes under the
hammer, and is knocked down at
100000. It makes a new record,
and it will probably stand for some
years.-Turf, Field and Farm.