The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-15

Nrw YoRH, Jan. l4.-When news from
California that Arion, tho greatest two
ro,r.od the world has ever seen, has
i,ourht the highest price ever paid Tor
rolting llorse.Gcsh, was received hero
itcrcatcd great interest. Axtell brought
:Io5.OOo, but J. Malcolm Forbes, Of Boa-
ION, agreed to pny Senator Leland Stan.
,orl Sl5OOOO for tho mighty son OF
rI,ctionccr. Two months ago Arlon
made Il record OF $2:lOl at stoCston, Cal.
Arion is bay colt, fifteen hands high
and was ioalcd March 10, 1883. Ills
sire was tho illustrlous Elcctionecr and
his dam Nanotte, sister TO Woodruff
lo;lG!Q
Il will be a surprise 10 the trotling
world 10 know that Senator Stanford
Los sold Arlon. Several times recently
iIo great breeder las said that money
rould not buy Arion, and 1t was the
general opinion that tho famous colt
Was 10 take his dead sirc's place at the
hcad OF tho Palo Alto stud. To Il syn
Gicalc Of western breeders Senator STAN
iord said he would refuse to place any
nricc upon Arion, and that he would
not consider any oiIcr.
Arion is tho most remarkable trotting
horse the world had over seen. lie not
cnly lowered the two-yenr-od record
made b. Sunol, record that was con-
sidcred tho hardest in the list to lower,
hut he took off over eight seconds in
one swoop.
When the news came from Stockton,
CAL. Of his astonishing performance,
men like Robert Bonner were at first
doubtful about the accuracy. They
thought that some mistake had been
made by the telegraph operators. 1t
was not that 4 record was lowered, but
that it was lowered in such M unprece-
denied fashion.
Marvin, who was for years at Palo
Alto, aud who drove Arion in his work
against time, recently predicted that
the great colt would go II mile in less
than 2:O6 during the coming season.
Sunol held the record as two-year-old,
2:lS, and this year lowered it to 2:0S3.
Ii Suuol could take of nearly ten sec.
onds in three years it appears reasona-
bic to believe that Arion can at least cut
his record hall rs much. Sunol us
iour.ycar-old only trotted 2:l04, only d
quarter OF n second faster than Arion as
4 tWo-year-old.
It cannot DO said in reply that the
EcCtionecrs mature early aud then
amount 10 nothing: for Sunol is an
Eleclioncor and she has constantly i'm
proved, and so has Palo Alto, who
holds tho stallion record, 2:0S3; and, in
deed, so have the whole family.
Mr. ]. Malcolm Forbes, the purchaser
OF Arion, is one OF the best-known men
in Boston. He is prominent in yacht
ing and social circles and is young
man OF great wealth. Just what he in
tends doing with Arion remains to be
seen. Mr.. Forbes has a fine breeding
establishment, upon which are 4 num-
her OF the most choicely bred trotting
mares in the country. 1t may be that
Arion will be placed at the head OF this
stud. 49,
Last fail Mr.. Forbes surprised his
friends by buying Nancy Hanks, the
great Kentucky trotting mare. The
price was kept secret, but it was popu-
larry supposed 10 be over $4,000. Mr..
Forbes declined to tell afterwards what
lie intended doing with the famous
mare. etsis
Mr. Forbes has been a familiar figure
Tor the last few years at the New York
sales. lie has tho reputation here OF
buying what he wants and paying the
best price ior it. 1t was not thought,
however, that he looked as high as
Arion,