The morning call., 1894-01-23
BROODMARES SOLD
Disposal of the GuenOC
Stock Farm.
THE PRICES WERE LOW.
w. OBJ. Macdonough Secures
the Dam of Ajax.
MOONLIGHT BRINGS ONLY $500.
The Choice Lot of Nineteen Brood
mares Belonging to r. Gebhardt
Aggregate $oo55.
MOONLIGHT BRINGS ONLY $500.

There were very few buyers among the
small crowd of horsemen assembled at
Killip IL Co.'S salesyard yesterday morn
ing, considering the quality of the stock,
which comprised the choice lot of brood
mares belonging 10 the quenoc stock farm
and owned by Fred Gebhardt, offered, and
the certainty that prices would rule low.
The auction GERS had to apologize for the
condition of the mares, which. owing to a
combination of circumstances arising
through disputes between Mr.. Gebhardt
and the late Superintendent of the ranch.
was certainly deplorable. That no doubt
initiated. in fashion, against anything
like high prices, though it could not affect
in any way the opinion Of good judges of
hOrseflesh.
Among those present at the sale were
W. OBJ. Marlborough. A. B. Spreckels. E.
CorrigaD. 7. w. Moore, j. Casserly, John
Mackey, Ira RamsdelI, Cy Mulkey, Cap
tam Millen Grtfi h. Sam Gamble. j. b.
Ferguson, James Rowe. John Adams. Ii.
Mason, X. Dunbar, Joe Harvey. George
Polhemus. Dan McCarty. Joe McCarty. A.
l.. White, 6. Van Brunt (Mr. Gebhardts
representative, L. Z. de b. Lopez, DIR. C..
i. Farnum, E. McSweeny and Dan
Holiday.
TIE nineteen head sold for an average
of little over S475. or in the aggregate
for S9O35, OF which sum $500 was given
by w. OBI. Marlborough for Moonlight
the dam of Colonel Ruppert's sterling colt
Ajax, after an energetic endeavor on The part
ot Cy Mulkey. bidding for A. b. Spreckels, TO
secure The colt, but who finally recognized the
fact that the owner of Ormonde was there TO
stay, and would not be denied. Mr.. Macdon-
ough undoubtedly secured bargain, as can be
judged by reference TO the performance OF
~ lApf ont of
Moonlight, was probably the fastest three-year-
old IN training last year up TO mile anu fur
long. al the Brooklyn spring meeting lie beat
Sir Walter, GlenmOyne and good field in a
six furlong sweepstake In lila. AT Sleeps
head Bay, carrying 119 pounds, he beat Sport,
l29pouDdS, in tie Swift stakes,s seven furl0ngS,
IN 1:26s4, and few days later, on a heavy
track, with 10 pounds up, lie won the Sea and
Sound, mile aud furlOng, in 1853,
beating COmanche and Rainbow. He
was a. his best at Monmouth Park where late
was retired for the season. With 1872 pounds
up be won the Palisade, a mile and furlong
over the circular course. In :571a, beating the
faVorIte, Sport, and others. He won the Rari-
tan, mile and quarter, 2:0S12, Carrying 122
pounds, beating Comanche, Sport and Rain
bow, and few days later he won the Cape
May handicap, mile and furlOng, in l :57 u,
beating Sport ana Bassetlaw. With 123
pounds up he also won the Hackensack handi-
cap, mile, In :4l1a, and beat Lampligh er,
127 pounds, in the Ocean stakes, a mile aud a
furlong, in 154s4, himself carrying 100
pounds. One of his best races was in the
Fourth of July handicap, i'll which he gave
away weight TO aged horses and was a good
second TO Sir0cco. He started i'll nine three
year-od events, won six, was second IN one
and unplaced in two. In all he won eleven out
of nineteen starts, the value OF his winnings
amounting TO SIS, 100. To have produced such
sterling Ibree-year-old. who also ran with re-
markable success as a twO-yeaf-Old, would
make Moonlight, now an eleven ear old mare,
cheap at twice what she went for yesterday.
L. CorrigaD picked up TWO good bar galus In
mp. SardonyX and HalI-Sster, whose dam
Katie was the dam of Jim Gore, and whose
third dam, Mamie ). was the dam of Eva >,
who was the dam of Rudolph and EyanaIus.
All the nineteen mares are Stlnted 10 ST.
Saviour, imp. Greenback and Owas, but il is
doubtful If more than eleven of them are in foal.
The following are the full details Of the sale:
Alice, 500, Pleasanton stable; La Lee, $3.50,
I. w. Moore; Cattle Cate. 5000, Cy Mul ey
Lot {, S205, H. Dunbar; imp. SaTdonyx,
$3.50, f. COrrlgan; imp. Emma, 1926, Cy Mul-
key; Glitter, $500, A. b. SpIeckels; Negress,
500, II. Mason; Ban Lassie, 1910, Il. Dunbar !;
Mineral, $500, John Mackey; Miss Hooker,
sos, Ira RamsdelI; Her Liyship, $3.50, r.
Dunbar; Half-Sister, $40, L. Corrigan; Lille
$50, 7. &. Larrabee; Glen Queen, $40, Joe
Harvey; Pink, $500, q. Poihemus; Moonlight.
$1,000. W. OBJ. McDonough; Proserpine, $50,
Ii. FOrsland.
Ii was understood that Cy Mulkey was buy
ing for 4. b. SpreckelS throughout and II. Dun.
bar for L. w. Moore.
There were TWO Niles belonging TO Dan Rol-
iday offered at the end of the sale, but both
were bought In by their owner.
The announcement of The sale of b. c. Holly's
horses IN training was made, the date fixed be-
" February