The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-27
HORSES AND HORSEM EN-,
some Interesting Facts of Turf History
Worth Remembering

Worth Remembering.
The richest stake ever run in Americs
was the Fhturity stake of 1890, run al
Sh~eepshead Bay, Aug. 30. and won by
August Belmont's chestnut colt Poto.
mac H., by st. Blaise, dan Susquehan.
ma, by bennington. The value of the
stake was S77,7OO, of which S6S,450 went
to the winner and s4,5C0 to the second
horse, Washer, by The III. Used, also
owned by the Belmont who in addition
received $3.50 for breeding first and Sec
ond, making his winnings s75,45O.
Strathmeath, the third horse, received
S2,25O.
The Lancashire Plate, run at Man
chester, Eng, September meeting of 1889.
and o by the Duke of Portland's bay
colt Donovan. was worth nearly $4,000
to the winner.
Largest amount ever Won by an Amer
lean 2-year-old, Sl4S.COO. Domino, black
colt by Himyar, dam Minnie Gray, owned
by j. r. & f. p. Keene, 1893. The Keene
stable won s2S2,9S7 in stakes and purses
in 1898.
The greatest winning 3,year-old was
Hanover, by Hindoo. He won twenty
races, amounting to S89,S2S.
The greatest sale of thoroughbreds
ever held was that OF the late August
Belmont's Nursery Stud collection, sG4l,.
800 being realized on 13l head, as fol
lows: Sl23,6OO for % horses in training,
sold Dec. q. 1890; S203,525 for 48 brood
mares; 1926 for q weanlings; 5l24,55O
for "A y%earlings; Sl17,5 500 for four stall
lions. Sold at New York October l6 and
IL, 1891 st. Blaise brought 100000.
The highest price ever paid for a year
ling in England was $4,000 for Child
wick, by st. Simon, dam P~laisantere,
purchased by Blundel Maple in 1891.
Mr.. Maple also purchased Common, by
lsonomy, for $4,000, the highest price
ever paid for a three. year-old thorough
bred.
Highest price ever paid for a horse,
$4,000, for Ormande, bay stallion, by
Ben dor, dam Lily Agdes, purchased by
William OBJ. Marlborough of San Fran
cisco, from Senior Bocau of Buenos
Ayres, October, 1892.
Highest price ever paid for a %trotter,
$4,000, Arion, bay colt, 2 year-old, trot-
ting record 2:l0s4, by E~ectioneer, dam
Manette, by Nutwood; purchased by j.
Malcolm Forbes of Boston from Leland
Stanford, Palo Alto stock farm, Califor-
MIA, 1892.
.Twenty-six thoroughbreds, including
nineteen horses in training, comprising
the Ehret stable, winners Of SI57,7S9 in
stakes and purses in 1892, and seven
y~earlings also owned by Frank Ehret,
sold at auction for S233,25O, at New
York, Nov. IL, 1892, giving an average of
$3.50 per head. The seven yearlings
brought S62,5O0 and the nineteen horses
in training s17O,275. The 2-year-old colt
Don Alonzo brought $4,000. the top
figure.
In 1885 p. Lorillard sold seventeen
head Of horses in training for S148,O5O,
the highest price being $4,000 for the
lilly Dewdrop and the lowest $500.
The Kentucky-bred horse Abbotsford,
formerly Mistake, is the only horse that
has ever won races in England, France,
and America.
Five horses have earned triple honors
in England by winning the Two Thou
sand g~uineas, the Derby, and st. Leger,
as follows: In 1853, West Australian;
1865, Gladiator; 1866, Lord Lyon; 1886,
Ormonde; 1891, Common; 1893, Isin.
glass. Common was the thirteenth win
ner Of the Two Thousand that also won
the Derby.
King Thomas, by King Ban, was the
highest priced yearling ever sold at
auction, L. O: Appleby paying $4,000
him at the Haggin sale in New York, |
June %, 1883. The following day Mr..
Appleby seld the colt to Senator Hearst
Of California, for $4,000. A chestnut
colt by st. Blais-Lady Primrose,
brought $4,000 at the Nursery Stud
sale, New York, Oct. II, 1891, Jacob
Rupert being the purchaser.