The morning call., 1892-03-11
SADDLE And SULKY.
Auction Sale Of ChGicely Bred
Tr0tting Stock.
Big Crowd Of Hcrsemen Present-Forty.
Eve Head Were Ss.d-Priees Ruled
Low-L9cal Horse Gossip.

large number of prominent horsemen
assembled yesterday at the salesyards.
where forty-fiye head Of chocely bred trot-
ting stock were disposed Of, comprising
| stations, brood mares, colts and FLIES, the
! property of j. Is. Cole of San Francisco, ID.
/ j. Murphy of Mipitas and L. Ii. Burke of
| Meno Park. Prices ruled somewhat small
| owing to the prevailing tightness of money !;
| still every horse offered was sOld and Auc-
tioneers killip and Eiseman had never to
wait much time in getting reasonable bid
as starter for any horse trotted out for in
| spection and sale.
Among the breeders and owners present
! were: J0hl BoggS. d. J. Murphy, G. Va
! lenSin, +. II. Burke. Mrs. T. Ii. Burke, w.
Vioget. L. T. Smith. f. Stone, Martin
Bulger, J. b. Cole, ID. j. Mccarthy, j. A.
! Mcdonald. Frederick Talbot. Frank Ma
lone. jim Dnston. Henry Pierce, II. Rosen-
baum, Adolph Hirschman, f. A. johnson,
L. FaIrel, Captain Ben Harris, A. w. FUs-
ter. A. j. Martin. Jim McCue, j. A. Nc
| Kerron, w. Nicholson. Wilfred Page, Gil
| bert Tonpkins, A. de Laveaga. Lee Shaner,
| l.. f. Clausen. w. Coniff, +. Dalton, j. c.
Dime and Henry Costigan. AS usual,
white Hat McCarty was to the fore as
the largest buyer. and to use his own words
/ II he keeps on as he is doing he will re-
!
! horses on.
RUNNING COMMENT.
Charles NJ. Chase aud Ed f. Smith proved
very useful III the box, by keeping up
| continuous lire of running comment, which
/ doubtless had good deal to do with draw
! ing the dollars cut of the pocket of many an
unwilling purchaser. JAY Bec-See, n fine
Seal-brown st,llion by Anteyoo out of
Nellie. realized the best price of j. b. Coles
| eight head, selling for $500. Mr.. Cole real
| lze6 S925 tor his lot, being an average of
! SIS 90. ID. j. Murphy offered twenty-four
head. which yieidrd an average price of
S2o3 -. several tine-looking colts and fillies
going very cheap. M0orland Lass. a three
year:old fliy by Soudan (2:271A out of
Carrie Malone, was knocked down to ID. j.
McCarty for SS25. g. Valensin secured
| Marine. bay three year-old FLY by Eros
out Of Miss, for sec, and Lee Shaner
| paid SOLO for a fine-lookiDg sorrei yearliug
colt by Soudan from sigma. Out Of Frank
| Burke's lot Nerea, sorrel mare by John
Nelson. dam Sally Taylor, having a record
| Of 2:2312, went 10 Gilbert TOmpkiDs tor
| $500 The most spirited bidding of the day
was ELECTED by Lady Dexter, by Dexter
! Prince from Kitty Thorne. Dan McCarty
captured the prize for $500. Taken all
| round the various owners were pleased with
| the results of the sale.
| Colonel III. L. Thornton said yesterday
that The Blood horse programme had been
framed. with the exception of the distances
| anu alboult Vi tuo purses. 1ueSe Will De
| decided upon early next week.
NOTES.
One short month and the Blood-horse
| spring meeting will be upon US. Secretary
! MilrOy will have all his work crowded in TO
| very few days. Anxious inquiries are be-
| ing made by owners in various parts of the
| State for particulars Of the various races,
| distances and conditions, so that they may
work cut their strings accordingly, and
thus get gauge of how TO enter their
| horses.
George Treat, who at one time was the
most prominent and popular horsemen on
| the Pacific Coast. is lying at deaths door in
| his Alameda h me-. lie is suffering from
| pneumonia
Henry Walsh arrived in town Wednesday,
and reports all his rising three-vear-olls To
| be tl, we'll and thriving. He thinks he will
| have a surprise for one of the two-year-Old
| races at the forthcoming meeting.
Alb Gentry, the 0ld-time hOrseman and all
| around srort, has been stricken with par
! alyss. At one time Gentry was one of the
most noted characters In California.
| Joe NarYlce. the jockey. returned to this
| city Yesterday. He intends 20 remain here
| for the Blood Horse meeting, as there will
| be plenty OF riding for him. Joe says there
| are over 100 horses in training for the local
| meeting at San Jose alone, and that Billy
| Appieby's Australian colt has turned out a
| perfect wonder.