The Portland daily press., 1895-05-29
Made in Bids for Fast Horses at
Lewiston.
THE SALE OF III. WESLEY HUTCH
MSS TWENTY TROTTERS.
All the Stud Offered Except The Seer and
One Other-Slide Brought $312-But
Lon Seer Brought Only s255-Arolyn
Goes to Brunswick in Exchange for
800.
lsueoial to the PRESS


Especial to the PRESS.l
Auburn, May 28.-Handsome young
grand stand in the State Fair grounds
this afternoon, arching their necks and
handling their feet in a way which told
the bystanders as plainly as if it had been
expressed in words that these were
aristocrats of the equine world, horses
where parents had made their mark in
the trotting track and which were them
selves destined to do great things They
were the horses to be sold at auction by
j. e. Conant & Co., the Lowell auctioneer,
for Mr.. Fl. Wesley Hutchins of Auburn.
The sale did not attract as many bidders
as was expected and most of the buyers
are gentlemen living in this vicinity.
The horses did not bring high prices but
sold as well perhaps as could have been
expected in the present depressed state of
the market and considering the fact that
most of the horses offered were very
young Lewiston horsemen, by the way,
are beginning to fear that the days have
gone not to return when horse buyers
from New York and other large centres
came here to watch the performances of
the pick of Androscoggin horse flesh and
make tempting offers for the animals
which struck their fancy. However that
may be today'S sale, as already stated
was largely local affair." When Mr.
Conant mounted wagon and announced
the sale, he did so to a gathering includ-
ing number of ladies who were in
terested spectators. Mr.. Conant has a
convincing way of telling the truth and
the truth about these horses was of a
kind highly complimentary to them. Mr..
HutchinS announced this as the closing
out sale of his stud with the exception of
The Seer and one driving horse. While
the attendance was not large, bidding
was lively and the auction afforded lots
of amusement to the disinterested on
lockers.
A Brunswick man, Mr. W. E. Gorda H.
bought the first horse offered, Arolyn, a
bay FLY, foaled in 1890; by Rockefeller,
dam Rose Wilkes by Messenger Wilkes
The dam of Rose Wilkes was Rosa Morrill,
by Winthrop Morrill,. As Mr.. Gordon
paid an even 500 for handsome five year
old, which cost Mr. 'Hutchins $400 as a
yearling, the purchaser is to be congratu-
lated. Then came Sorceress, a dark gray
filly foaled- in 1891. She is by the Seer.
The bids started at $25 and went up by
small notches until $67. so was reached, at
which figure she was bid in by Max L.
Lezotte of Lewiston. Lon Seer, who
made the yearling record G. Sc 1-4) to a
high wheel sulky at Mystic in 1891, went
The bids began at $50 and the last $25
was added only after Mr.. Conant had used
all his persuasive powers. Monet, a
chestnut gelding by The Seer, made such
a good impression that the ball was
started at 500, and the figures were
rapidly reeled off until that sum was
doubled. The next hundred came harder,
but it came at last, and Mr. Isiah
Pompilly took the prize for just $780,
There was then little excitement until
Slide made his appearance. Slide was a
star performer. OF him the catalogue said
these complimentary things:
Slide is a dapple chestnut gelding
with four white legs, white face and
chestnut name and tail He trotted
seventeen races last season, and won part
of the money every time but once; and
that time four horses split heats He was
entered in all sorts of classes from 2. 27
up, and was invariably second horse
whether the heats were trotted in 23 or
"a, or .43 and A. He has no mark.
AS a yearling he went a half in 1885,
at two years old showed a mile in 2.26
and quarters in So seconds. AS three
year-old he was second to Margaret Knox
when she made her record of q 30 IA, in
the third heat at the October meeting
Rigby Park, and was timed in that heat
g "a IA. He could have come very near
in trotting in 2. 20 in 1S94.'' Slide is four
years old
For Slide the first offer was of $780,
Three more bids doubled it, A few more
made it $500, and Mr. S. H Lovejoy,
NV &c Wi 10 -,
$S12. so, took the prize.
The other horses were disposed of as
follows:
Sidnetta, 2 year old filly, by Sidn ut
dam Carrier Pigeon, by Staples Brandy
wine; to Joseph Narcotic, Lewiston,
$57. So
Grand Union, bay colt, foaled in 1898,
by The Seer, dam Arolyn; to Joseph
Narcotic, $55
Miss Ingersoll, chestnut filly, foaled
1898; by The Seer; dam Sadie B; to J. G.
Hodgman, Lewiston, $57. so.
Miss Tuttle, seal brown filly, foaled
1892; by The Seer; day by Highland
Patchen; to J. NJ. Stevens, Auburn,
SIT. so.
Mr.. Knight, bay gelding, foaled 1898
by The Seer; dam by Messenger Wilkes
to C. V. Knight Turner, $62. so.
Slyberg, bay gelding, foaled 1893; by
The Seer dam by Robinson D.. to G. V.
Knight, S62. so.
Millie Wilkes, bay mare, foaled 1887, by
Messenger Wilkes; dam Carrier Pigeon
to Silas Bartlett, $S7. SO.
Mr.. Neal, bay gelding, foaled 1898; by
The Seer; to Silas Bartlett, $S7. So
Bett Seer, bay filly, foaled 1894; by The
Seer; dam Princess Gothard; to H. W.
Lowe, S165.
Myrtle Gothard, bay mare, foaled 1889;
by St. Gothard; dam Maggie Duroc; to
Thomas Murphy, s125.
Filetta bay filly, foaled 1891; by The
Seer; dam by Messenger Lambert; to G..
W. Kirstead, Durham, S110
Alfredo, bay fly, foaled 1891, by
Bayard Wilkes; dam by Glenarm; to
Charles Horbury, $165.
Willimette, bay filly, foaled 1891; by
Sir William; dam Carrier Pigeon; to O.
D. Gardiner, Vassalboro, $40.
Matte Wilkes e.. 42 1-2) foaled 1889 by
Messenger Wilkes, dam Carrier Pigeon,
to J. Il. Amory, Lancaster, N. H, $3.50
Spriti, chestnut mare foaled 1891, by
The Seer; day Susie Prescott; to George
Ingersoll, Auburn, $S7. So
A perusal of the above list shows how
low the prices were at which fine animals
sold
DR.. George H. Bailey of Portland was