New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-18
ST. BLAISE-slO0, 600!
THE GREAT STALLION GOES TO THE FAIR
VIEW STUD.


william Eas.on was so inebriated with the exubcr
ance of his own verbosity last night that lie didn't
begin the sale OF the Belmont horses TIL O'Clock. ana
when I've did begin 1t he fingered and expatated
go much and so long that The Tribune went 10 press
long before the last horse sold and the last word
said But II was great sale. six yearllngs re-
manned to be sold when the writer left the ringsde
The Others eighteen In number and the four sallons
fetched the startling Of s2lS $50. This brings the
total figures OF the two days sale up to more than
100000.
The crush In the old panorama building resembled
that at Sullivan Mitchell prize fight. Hun
dreds of people without badges Of admission forced
their way in early and made the place exceedingly
uncomfortable for all others. Many ladies' occupied
the two balconies. Here there and everywhere were
faces of men distinguished In every walk of life except
the ministry Some Of the noted horsemen present
were j. D. Haggin, Pierre Lorlllard, Philip Dwyer,
John Kelly, Charles Reed, David Gideon, John E.
Macdonald, James Rowe. John A. Morris, Wyndham
Walden John S. Campbell Colonel Clay, a. F. Walcott
Alfred Hennen Morris, F. C. McLewee, Matt Aheh
David johnson, General stephen Sanford Milton
Young, J. T. McGibben, David Pulsifer william DAY.
e. c. Potter. J. Heckscher, J. T. lIeadley, James
Ferguson, Michael F. Dwyer, A. J. Joyner, Dr. Ueen
signor Taglapictra and T. w. Shreve.
When st. Blaise led into the ring there was a
hush OF expectation. Mr.. Easton, trembling with an
emotion born Of $4,000 commission for selling the
most celebrated breeding establishment in the Unted
States, had gone down on his knees and begged the
spectators TO DO STILL lest the slightest noise might
cause the monarch Of the Nursery to do himself or
somebody near the rail some hurt No nobler beast
was ever led into a sale ring. He filed the eye com
pletely and all feasted their gaze upon him.
description Of him Is published below. his
almost human eye looked boldly into the
hundreds OF faces around him. 1t giowed like star
and was brimful OF intelligence lie was quiet rs
lamb in the hands of the studgroom, friend OF long
standing and never did he betray the slightest
fear or the least indication OF temper.
The auctioneer had no trouble whatever in selling
him. There were but two bids, and they came from
two wellknown men seated on opposite sizes Oh I'o
ring facing each other-Perre LoTiilard, master OF
Rancocas, and Charles Reed, OF Fairvlew'
Mr.. Lorillard's bid was $4,000. 1t seemed generous
enough, but before the words had left his IDS Mr.
Reed broke the silence with:
"One hundred thousand"
Mr. Easton nearly tainted. Pierre LOrillard sat as
one dazed his glance fastened the master OF Fair
view. j. E. Haggin and his manager, John Mackey,
put their heads together and held an earnest consul
ton The on-loolcrs were dying TO shout, cheer CLAP
their hands and go wild generally, but Eaon's plead
ings restrained them till the horse was led from the
ring the property of Charles Reed Then uproSe
mighty outburst Of applause, and an answering chorus
Of neghs back from the horses IN the SURROUND
ing stalls.
K. {. Potter bought the Belmont farm at Babylon
for 800 OOO and secured the leaseod Of the Nursery
farm in Kentucky at 80 300 year.
CAREER OF ST. BLAISE.
St. BlaIse WIS bred by Lord Aliiston and was foaed
In 1880. His color is rich, dark chestnut, with
narrow, white blaze in his face both his near legs be-
ing white nearly to the knee and mock, while the
coronet OF his off hind foot has band Of white around
It, lie about sixteen hands and half inch, and
his general appearance thus summed up by good
Judge at the time lie arrived In the fail OF 1850: 81
al iS
aas the handsome head OF the Hermts, compromise
meats or Orlandos and the Roman model of the Stock
is straight with good width of forehead, deep jOwls
and obiique shoulders He has good depth of g1rth
are big and well developed his arms are large and he
has fine, big knees. One thing is particularly notice
this is one OF the best points horse can possess He
has immense bone for an English horse, and this will
STOCK stock lie has ' one Of the sweetest tempsrs"
AS two-yearold st. Blalse started six times, win
ming four races, including wat-oyer and dead heat
His first start made In the stockbrdge Biennial
six fnrlongs, at the Bibury Club meeting TINS
stakes he had walkover, but in the Hurstbourne
Stakes about five furo1gs both these events d beng at
heath but was second, beating Mr.. Houldsworth's
Adrlana, one Of tie best OF her year eoneedng aer
furlongs, he dead heat with Elzevir. but in the
Dewhurst Plate at Newmarket seven furlongs, he was
The Newmarket Troy stakes five furlongs 14o yards
re won, giving away weight to everything that started
he ran uhpeced but this was not his true form. ss he
showed when 1t came TO the Derby About this event
bat a' most good judges Thought at the time that
though Highland Chief very nearly caught Lord
the DisS ST. Bsise perfonancc was very ms
torions showing the greatest pluck ana STAMINA
Victory 9e BY Thinning second to FrontIh, who was
thought TIRE best three-year-old in Europe that
year, only beaten head while that good colt Fariadet
was a poor third three lengths away. In the Ascot
Derby nc asked to concede ten pounds to wilmer
Lndislas and seventeen pounds to 0ssian; who ran
second and afterwood the ST Leger, and could not
quite accomplish the task After this he wound up
bridge Biennial for ODDS and the Winchester
Biennial Stakes. That this record entities him to
respect O racehOrse is undoubted.
st. Bid- e is a horse Of magnificent breeding How
good racehorse and sire Hermit was every one Is
aware Among the many racehorses he sired may be
mentioned Tristan, Shot0ver, Peter Thehais, ST. Mar
gnerite, St Louis st. Modard, etc., while fnsec st.
Blaises DAM good race mare. Her sire, Marsyas
also sired George Frederick the Derby winner OF 1874
who again gret success ut the stud amolg rs
get being Frontin, Eeaa Brummcl; etc II Will be
noticed that ST. Dlaise is inbred to Touchst0ne and
emong his crosses viii be found tire blood OF biacAloc"
The performances Of the and daughters Of s.
Baise IN this country are too well known 70 MAKE IL
In Potomac. La Tosca St Florian Chesapeake. Caren
don, Admiral st. Carlo, Padishah, Her lghnes; anG
others he has sired magnificent collection OF tllf
stars, and his reputation as successful stlion VIII
endure for centuries.
Tacehorse, and has already shown himself the most
successful stallion In the world. His slso. Hermit
winner of the DERBY, etc., was the best stallion Eng
land has ever known. FuZee ISL Blasc's dam won
as a two-yearold the Chelmsford Nursery Handicap
beating eight Others and tle stratton Nursery Hand
cap. carrying top weight. defeating seven others. She
also ran second in the Nursery Plate at Croydon and
talIrd in the Ramsay Abbey Nursery Handicap. AS
three year-od she started eleven times and nine
races, ncnding the Nursery Cap. mile. at Chester
the Little John Stakes, one mile at Nottingham;
Weller Cup Handicap. one mile; at KingSbury, carving
top weight: the Kingsbury Handicap. one and one
quarter miles, again carving top weight the Queens
Plate, two miles. at nottingham the Queens Plate,
upward OF three and one-half miles. al Newmarket
the Queens Plate. two miles, at Winchester the
Queens Plate three miles. Mt Salisbury. and the
Queens Plate two and onc-hnlf miles at Chelmsford
Thus she proved speedy and game animal ard at the
same time possessed Of the highest etamnis. AT the
stud too Fuzee has proved equally successful since
che produced to the cover Of Blair Athol. Go Bang.
Winchester Biennial Stakes n two
year-od She next thr.w Friar Rush "a fall brother 10
st. Blaisel. who proved good and frequent winner