Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-30
THEY GO VERY Low
The Horses So Far Sold at fhG
Warner Sale
ARE KNOCKED DOWN cHEAp
How the Sale In Conaueted-Liss q
Animals Disposed Of Yesserdsy-Isz
Good Ones Remain Unsolc.

going, all in, ell mp, gentlemen thn coli
is . beaut, . corker and no mistake.
He has the blood Of the immortal Eieo.
tioneer. sound, smooth and . grand
individual with good head and trot
ter. and am bid only sl7o for Ante
lode. All in. ell up. and AnteIode u
soid to Thomas MCGEE Of Detroit foa
$780,"
THUS did Major l.. II. Bean let out
his duicst voice yesterday morning a
1880 CLOCK when he opened the great
Ray Warner ho.se sale st the Mes
Michigan fair grounds. The sale %
Ans'ode, tle brown 2 year old, brel
and owned<by Ben Buell. of Bronson,
Mich, set the pace for the entire dsy'l
sales. Between two and three hundred
horsemen from the south, west and
Canasia were present when the SAID
opened. Grand Rapids Was well repre-
sented. The buyers were shrewd 10 q
marked degree and picked up som(
very pretty bargains IN the course OF
tile day for remarkably low prices.
Livery men, breeders aud driven
watched the progress of the sale care.
fully and tile managers were we'll sat
istied with the results. score of vet
eraus from tho home were on hand
and declared their intention of pooling
issues and buying an army mule foI
their lame ana hail comrades. tx.
planning The fact that only far prices
had been paid Secretary George Bron-
son said: There is lot OF good, well
bred stuff here bat it is mostly un.
broken, and the prices are in conse-
quence very low"
Major Bean and his assistants estSb.
lisaed themselves at the msin entrance
OF the horse barns and all animals were
led out 10 them and either driven lp
sulkey or led for two or three minutes
before the buyers. The BIDS came
brlskiy in s. and $40 clps aid no sale
occupied more than five minutes. All
sales were strictly cash and most OF the
purchases were at once taken 20 the
city or shipped out of Town. Just
thirty-e ght animals were sold Yesterday
the aggregate price being $3.50. Some
good money was cleaned up on the out
side by the speculators, several horses
being sold at $50 and $50 advances
within half an hour after purchase.
There was n marked absence of any.
thing IN the WAY of strings" "limits"
and "by-blds." Major Bean gave a bio-
graphy of each entry, the agents of tho
horse papers hustled ma fully, the
advertisements, bills and catalogues Of
stock breeders and veterinary surgeons
were distributed lavishly. Major Bean
yelled brokenly: "iot stun, read your
primers. look up their records, sold, Ivy
gracious, sold" and the game went
merrily on until 4:20 in the afternoon,
when business was declared of unuf
1880 O'Clock today.
The management are looking care.
fully aftefthc interests Of both buvefs
aud sellers. The sale is conducted AZ
advertised, on strictly business princi-
Piles, and no enlnnanlgan. The groons
from oct OF town are fed in the dining
rooms on the grounds aud good sleep.
ing accommodations have been pro-
vided them. Chairs are provided foS
the crowd.
saies Of Yesterday.
The complete list of sales YESTERDAY
was as follows:
No. /. Antelode, Brown. . VI. old
Ben Buell., Bronson, 10 Thomas McGee
Detroit. $l70.
No. 2. Brinaros. Brown, 2 yr. old,
Ben Buell. 10 Il. McClane, Lucan, Ont,
$3.50.
No. 5. Lodemont, bay hlly. Ben
Buell. 10 l.. F. Hunter, New Madrid,
No, $50.
No. A. Sir John, chestnut stallion,
Ben Buell. 10 Ray Warner, Coldwater,
1925.
No. g. Belle Sheldon. bay hlly.
Charles Bnrnham, Fulton, Mich, to c.
l.. Herrington, Grand Rapids, sls5
No. 6. fsnoie Carnes, tsy marc
Charles Burnhsm 10 NJ. l.. Stevens.
Pearson, Ia. 1920.
No. Z. Trophy Maid, bav mare. SIS
son q Liiey. Grand Rapids, to J. Vol
mer, Newaygo, Mich, S75.
No. \. Indibelle, brown mare, SIsson
q Liiley tn III. X. kingmsn, $500.
No. 8. Bonnie Girl ,drawa on account
of Ismenea.
No. 10and II. Lady Leon and Bonnie
Maid not sold.
No. l2. Eugene. n,s mare, Sison 4
LiIley 10 Joseph NoiTaer, Newsvgo, SIS.
No. II. Ffench Advocate, dark grew
horse. Farrell A Godfrey. Parma. Mich.
TO John W. Boardmsn, Jackson, Ss0i
No. IL Cate. not sold.
No. Is. Little Orphan, BAY fillv, Far
reil 4 Godfrey TO +. S. Morris. Grand
Rapids. $50.
No. is. Fern, gray FLY. Farrell a
Grdfrey 10 X. McClane, Lucsn, Ont,
&s5.
No. IL. Marietta r, bay mare, Farrell
4 Godfrey 70 Thomas McGee, Detroit,
s24o.
No. ls. Maud r.. black mare, q.
NJ. Hoover, Terre Hsute, Ind, 70 DIR.
Bates, Grans Rapids. $2lo.
No. 10. Lucy, hay mare. J. J. Bsde-
ley. Quincy, Mich, TO L. r. Wright,
Grand Bapids, 800.
No. 20. Billie wilkes, bay eeldins,
J. J. Bsdgley 10 G. Durham. Fulton,
Mich, SIS.
No. 81. Clint Wilkes. Not sold.
No. p. Brilliant filiy, j. J. Bsdgleyt
10 r. o. Sehsmerborn, Grand Rapids
/ 500.
No. q. Baby, dark bay mare, W. s.
Barnett, Grand Rspios, u +. W. etrs-
| han. Grand Rapids. $50.
No. "A. Faith, black mare, VI. O
Bracket, Lansing, 10 Joseph Velmer.
Ns~sygu, si55.
No. %. Florentlne. dark bay sssl-
/ lion. L. O. Lerch, Clayton, Mich, 10 VI.
+ p stevens. Pearson, Iowa, tlz5.
No 2s. Wilbur, black horse, Dsupt-
( less Stock farm. Bangor, Mich-, - =.
II. Gildsrslseve, Grand Rapids. 5000.
80. q. Cricket. bsy flly, Dauntl.ss
Stock farm 10 N. r. Stevens, Pearson,
! lows. $3.50.
No. q. Peerless, bar FLY, Drunt-
less stock farm, 20 NJ. J.. Stevens, Pear
son. Iowa, sIJo.
No. -. Nina, brown fliy, Dsuntlns
stock farm. 20 l.. G.. Jsrch, cisyton,