The morning call., 1892-12-21
SOLD FOR A SONG.
HOrSemen Were Not Anxious to
Purchase StambOul.
The King of Stations Knocked Down
for $4,000 After Some Exceed
ingiy Spiritless Bidding.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

New YORK, Dec. 2O-This morning the
lovers of the trotter commenced to gather
at the American Institute building, to
attend the sale which should mark the
dispersal Of the Hobart stud The star of the
collection was Stamboul. the stallion king,
with record of 207h Breeders from
many sections of the country were among
those who gathered early to determine
whose property the king should be. The
champion was shown a score of times ana
the universal opinion WAS that he is horse
OF superb individuality, symmetrical pro-
portions aud trotter worthy TO be at the
top OF he tree. Among those who looked
him over were Charles II. Kerner, who
owned FIeetwing the dam. and who nat
urally was proud man; j. Malcolm Forbes,
the owner of Nancy HANKS; John n.
Schulz, David Bonner. Rensselaer, Weston,
Albert II. Moore, Robert Steele. Frederick
Bovine, j. w. Day and t. p. 0lc0tt. The
great horse was very well behaved and sub
United 10 the closest inspection without the
least display Of ll-temper
Samuel Gamble, who brought the horses
East, and who was superintendent for the
late Mr.. Hobart. experienced relief as the
hour drew near when Stamboul should be-
come somebody else's property. He had
been under great strain for nearly two
weeks, carrying nearly half million dol
lars worth of horSe1esh across the CONT
nent. The mares were. before the sale. ex-
pected TO bring big prices, as they were
nearly all last producers of speedy ones
and bred in the height of fashion.
There was wide divergence of opinion
as 10 the price Stamboul would bring, the
figures ranging all the way from $4,000 to
price largely depended upon competition.
Ii Forbes. Schultz, Olcott Steele, Moore and
the representative of Senator Stanford
should all get warmed up there would be no
telling where the bidding would stop 1t
had been arranged that the Hobart sale
should commence at 10 o'clock and continue
until 8. when the buyers would have a
respite before the commencement of latter
sails offerings from the Rancho del Paso
stud at 30 o'clock in the evening at Sew
enth avenue and Fif,y-fifth street.
Soon after 10 O'clock. while the noted
stallion Was being moved about the bid
ding began. 1t started with So0, 900 and
went up slowly with jumps of $500 aud
SloO0 until ii reached $4,000 Then the
bidding stopped while and Stsmboul was
trotted around the ring several times
Then there was bid of $40, 900, and that
was followed by closing bid of Sal, 900
The purchaser was ID. Ii. Hartman. a
banker OF this city.
Five minutes after Stamboul was sold
johnson, one Of the executors of the Ho-
bart estate. said be would give Hartman
5000 10 withdraw the bid. Hartman had
then left the building.
The price brought by Stamboul was
great disappointment TO nearly everybody
present The general verdict is that he
went dirt cheap. James Cross of Califor-
MIA, executor of the estate of Hobart, when
asked his opinion of the price, said: II call
1t murder. still offer Hartman 5000 over
his bid. Ont guess lie would not part with
Stamboul for Si00,000."
The bidding on the other horses was
rather slow. great many people left the
building after StambOul bad been sold, but
as there were a couple of thousand pei
sons present at the beginning of the sale
they were not particularly missed.
The following sales were made after
Stamooul passed of the scene: Nancy Lee.
b. M, by Dictator and Sophy. to A II.
Moore CT Philadelphia, S7l00; Nancy. $. b.
l., by Stamooul and Nancy Lee, @. w. Mat
tergood Of Philadelphia, $500; Leda, q. b.
T., by StambOul and Nancy Lee, to Il. G..
L. ID.
by Dictator and Belle BraSfeld, 10 George
BaiIy of Philadelphia, s1425; Mobe, b. f.,
by Stamboul and Nave, to j. II. Schultz of
New York, for S3lO0; Albata, b. c., by
Stamboui and SilverOnp. to James Holden.
Boston. for $500; Eugenia, blk m., by AL
eantara and Lady Conklin. to w. III. Phil
lips OF Swampscott, Mass. for $500;
Madras, b. c., by AlcaZar aud Eugenia, TO
George l.. Burns Of New York for SllOO:
Ad0lph. s. b. c., by Stamboul and Eugenia.
to John NJ. Roper of Norfolk, Va, for
SIl0; Alta Belle, br. M. by Electioneer and
Beautiful Bells, to Nj. Simpson of New
York Tor S4lo0; Bell Elecla, b. M, by Pied
mont and Alta Belle. to A. +. butcher of
New York for $500; Peralta. b. e., by
Stamboui and Belle Electra. to j. d. Forbes
OF Springfield, Mass, for $1,000; Kitty
Wilkes, b. NJ, by George Wilkes and Snip
Nose. 10 Andrew Welch of Hartford, Conn.
for S525; Meta Rose, to L. G. Eastman of
New York for S2100; Trim ket. to Charles
Robinson Of Poughkeepsie for S23O0: My
Trinket, j. III. Shultz, Parkvlle farm,
Long Island, $1,000; Mozart, j. II. Shultz,
5000; -Four Corners +. A. Manice. Stock
bridge, Mass, $500; Corner Bell, j. B.
butcher & Son. Pawllng. N. Y, S3075;
korhta. Jacob Rupert. New York City.
$500. The total sum realized was Sl25, AGO.
1t is believed that the refusal of the Trot-
ting Register to allow Stambou the 2:07b
record made at Stockton was the cause of
the low-seling price. Hartman is much
elated with his bargain, and refused the
advance of $1,000 on the purchase price
made by johnson. Hartman bought Stanl-
boul for breeding purposes and will send
him to Orange County, where he will be
mated with some Hambletonian mares. He
did not expect to get the stallion for less
than 100000.