Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-09
Trotting Ho rse Boom.
INCREASE IN PRICES FOR GO d
LIGHT HARNESS ANIMALS.


riders aud hOrsemen who made
the club house At Fleetwood PARK
their rendezvous to day were much
elated over thu outcome OF the
auction sales of trotting stock held
last week in Madison Square
Garden. A score or more OF prOmi-
nent breeders and turnfmen talked
of the outlook for the horse breed.
ing industry and all agreed that
The Krl!ogg aud TdtterSalls sales
show the MAJ ket for trotters to b e
in a healthy and improving con-
dltiOn. THE tide has turned"
said w. II. Janvlor one of the most
sagacious breeders in the Eds',
''and good horse once more brings
- good price. Some of the sales
last week were big surprise to
me. tried to buy three or fOnr
promising young m arts, aud ran
them up to what thought they
were worth, but there was always
somebody willing to give more,
AMI l gu cceeded IN getting only
One-l Oily by Piedmont out of
May Belle, che sister to Manzanta.
One thing that struck me forcibly
in connection with the sal es was
this. OlIy the gOOd-lOoking
trotters were IN demand. A horse
with a pedigree as long as frou
here to the City Hall would not
bring a good price if he lacked
StS le and beauty of form"
f. 9. Deitz thought the demand
for road horses was never better.
He said: ''The commonplace
breeding stock sold very low for
the reason that nobody wants
what some other breeder has cast
off but the g)ol ones went hi b
as a rule, and the bidding on every
desirable road horse l saw offered
was all that could be expected.
Taere was Globard at $1,000; Bella
vara at S41OO; Clayton, u years
old, at S1O2j. Those ale good
prices for horses which are out
classed on the turf" Eyes" re mar
ked Fred Gerken, chats the
harness racer. YOu can trOt them
until they are outcIassed, theu you
can set them to pa;iag AMI b. n
all over again in the 800 class.
When they reached their limit at
that gain and are oItglAjsed al
round They're still worth a good
sum for the rOal. aud after they
wear out in that lac you can breed
them and raise some more"
On Tuesday the 70 ers of y W
York will be cIlIel upon to decide
a question OF great moment to a
great many OF the residents OF the
Empire State. There are many
Dernici rus clauses in the proposed
amendments to the Constitution
which will be voted upon, but none
j. narrower or more PnutAnIcal
than that which is aimed directly
at the horse breeding and racing
Industries n 1t OIL, of New York
hut Of the entire United States
for as New York goes so goes the
OUunfIy.
The Late DR.. Rodgers.
The funeral of RIv. DR.. Sam O.
Rodgers Of the Southern Methodist
Church, who died Tiur>d'y, took
place S .turdAy fsO Il bis hOma,
IA17 West FrAnSliI stree :, Balti-
more, says the San.
Services we're held at Central
Methodist E iscopIl Church
South, E InlnsOn avenue and
Striker streets and we've attended
by prominent Methodist ministers
aud lay men from Maryi'nd aud
surrounding States.
Bishcp 4. w. Wilson co ilI,ted
the services in compliance with
the wishes OF D.. Rutgers. The
Bishop was assisted 10y Presiding
Elder j. II. II ltchlnsou aud b.
Rrv. j. w. DI1ey, pastor OF
| Central Chnlch.
Addresses eul1g site to d..
Rodgers's life and work were made
by the R.v DR.. P. IL. WhiSner of
Roanoke, Va, and by Bishop
Wilson. The bishop ref FRED III
teaching terms to his long asSocla'
ton with DR.. ROl gers and t. the
high Christian oh lra;ter a d
lova0Ie disposition Which he pos
sessed.
Special music WAS rendered by
the choir If the church.
The honorary pall.bJarcrs were
the ministers Ct Tho S'nt1ern
Methodist Episcopal ChnIcIes OF
the city.
Those serving ~ as iv" pail
bearers we're the following nephew"
Of DIR. Rodgers Geo. E. R"dgtrS'