The Portland daily press., 1893-12-09
THE BARRETT SALE.
How the Horses Were Sold in the Big Tent
Yesterday.

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the Barrett Brothers, j. E. Conant & Co.,
of Lowell, Mass, au ctioneers, took place
yesterday.
The sale was held under large tent.
The ground been covered with sawdust
and proper course was roped off for the
exhibition OF the horses the auctioneer
and his clerk, occupying a wagon in a
central position. The tent.was roomy and
despite the frosty atmosphere the sale
went on under more comfortable condi-
tions than could be expected at this
season of the year, the attendance num-
bering some four or five hundred-being
even larger than at the October sale in
augurated by the Barrett Brothers last
year with all the favorable conditions of
bright and mild weather.
The horses were shown by the gTooms
and sold by the printed catalogue, duly
numbered, and breeding as given guaran
teed. The sales were as follows Begin
ming with Col Ed ward .Moore's stock OF
Deering:
Bay FLY, foaied 1892, by Whips. r.,by
Whips, bred on the Moore Farm, Deering,
dam Clara, by Portland Pilot. Started
at $40 sold to S. j. Knowles for $40:
Chestnut gelding, foaled 1882, by Whips,
Jr., by Whips, dam Blondestte, by Cadet,
bred on the Moore Farm. STARTED at $40.
sold 70 c. f. Adams for $50.
Brown gelding, foaled 1892 by Whips,
Jr., by Whip, dam Lady Ferguson, bred
on the Moore Farm. Started at S25, sold
to Frank r. Hayden for $685.
Miss Ferguson, seal brown tiily, foaled
1851, by Whips, Jr., by Whips, dam Lady
Ferguson, by Inca. Started at $50 and
rapidly run up to $50 and sold Tor $500
to +. r. Hayden.
Lady Ferguson, from mare bred by
VIM. Ferguson of California, by Inca, by
Woodford Mamprino. Started at $50,
sold for $50 to D. L. Kelley of Deering.
Fannie B., bay filly, 6oaled in 1890. by
Hudson, by Kentucky Prince, dam Lille
May, by Poltland Pilot. Started at $25
and sold to D. Kelley for $685..
Moore Farm, foafed in 1850 BY Hudson,
by Kentucky Prince, dam Little Gay,
twin sister of Little May Started at
$125, sold to F.. Hayden for 1920.
Little May, black mare. foaled in 1881
by Portland Pilot, by Mambrino Pilot,
bred at the Moore Farm, dam Nellie
Sherman, by Sherman Black Hawk.
Lille May, the twin sister,. sold as
pair. Started at 500, sold to Henry
Soule of Portland for S145..
Rosie chestnut filly, foaled in 1890,
bred by L. J. Rose of California, by Stam-
boul, Z. or IA, by, Sultan, dam Blondette.
This valuable Ally was started at $500
and was finally sold to DR.. Geo. II. Bailey
for $420
Knight Errant, bay horse, foaled in
1888. bred by CD. Hamlin at Buffalo, n.
Y, by Hamlin's Almont, by Almont,
dam Nathalie, by ,Mambrino King.
Started at $780, and sold to W. R. Webb
of Boston for 1896.
Nos. IL and 10 in the catalogue were
matched pair of gray draft horses,
eight and eleven years OF age, weighing
200 pounds Started at $500 and sold
for $295 to J. Webb of Biddeford.
John Barrett, black colt, foaled in
1868, bred by Geo. II. Bailey, D. VS., by
Westland, by Col. West, dam Birdie, by
Sir Charles Started at $50, sold to Mrs.
Sc. Barrett at $50.
Bay flly, foaled in 1893, bred by Ripley
& Farnham, by Westland, by Col. West.
dam by Precilla,,by Carroll Boy. Started
at S35, and sold to j Harmon of Portland
for s55.
Lass of Maine, golden chestnut FLY,
foaled 1850, sbredsby Ripley & Farnham,
by Prescott, 10y Harold, sire of Maud S.,
EOS IL and other great trotters, dam
Doxology by Redwood. Started at SIS.
sold for S145 to CD Studley of Portland.
Black Strap, bay FLY, foaled 1890, bred
by Ripley & Farnham, by Prescott. by
Harold, dam Priscilla, by Carroll Boy.
Started at SlUO, Sold TO F'.h. mayhem IoF
$110.
Priscilla, bay mare foaled 1885 by
Carroll Boy by Main Durco. Startd at $50
sold to Co. Mcdonald, Portland for $50.
Doxology, dark bay mare, foaled 1882,
by Redwood, by Belmont, dam, Fanny
D., by Pequawkette. Started at $125,
sold for $3.50 to W. Coughlan of sRigby
park.
Cushnoc Wilkes, bay horse, foaled 1889,
bred by Mr. W. B. Morrill, of Portland, by
Red Hawk by Red Wilkes, dam by
Cushnoc. Stated at 500, sold for $24O to
T.W. Clough, Biddeford.
Westlawn, chestnut gelding, foaled
1850, bred by Sylvanus r. Porter of
Cumberland Centre, by Col. West, by
Egbert, dam Highland Maid by Startle
Hambletonian. n Started at $3.50, sold to
Gu. Proctor Of Providence, Il. L., for
$195.
Samuel, dark bay gelding, foaled 1887,
bred by John L. Pawn, Cape Elizabeth,
by Transcendent, by Gen. Knox, dam by
st. Elmo. Started at SIS, sold for $95 to
Walter B. Nutter of Scarboro.
Artemus, Jr.. bay horse foaled 1889,
bred by VIM. Turkish, West Junius, N,
Y. by Artemus, by Rysdyk's Handle
tonian, dam Kenda. Started at s165, sold
for $500 for Hon. L. D. M. Sweat.
Arte,st-ss Duke, bay geldlng, foaled
1890 bred 40 Fairview Farm, by Artemus
Jr., by Arteinus, dam Lillian by Volun-
teer Started at $40, sold for 500 to VIM.
Wais' of Falmouth Foreside.
Kenda, bay mare, foaled 1875, bred by
David Strout of New York by Independ-
ent Dick by Major Edsalls. Started at
$50 and sold for SIS to Il. M. Benson of
New Gloucester.
Lou Westland, brown FLY, by West
land, dam Jennie l.. by Black Diamond.
Started at $500, sold for 1885,
Katrina Wilkes, brown mare, foaled
1883, bred at Fairview Farm, by Sher-
man by Geo. Wilkes, sire of so in the 2.30
list, dam Kenler, by Independent Dick.
Started at $500, sold to George Blair for
1895.
Emma Westland, brown FLY, foaled
1892, bred at Fairview farm; by West
land. dam Josie, by Charles NJ. Started
at s205, sold to G. M. Benson, New
Gloucester for $3.50.
Chestnut FLY, foaled 1892, by Hugo,
by Gen. Withers; handsome and fine
stepping mare. Started at 1925, sold to
Hon. Chas. Mccarthy of Portland for
$50.
Dapple gray gelding, foaled in 1888.
bred in Montreal. Started at 500, sold