New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-04
TALK ABOUT THE TROIIEho
HIGH PRICES FOR H1GH-CLAss HORSES
,o,, ,y,rxrs AN IMPORTANT ACQUISITION FOR
NEW ENGLAND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Al
THE COMING HORSE now.

- , ,binlx that the interesting pastime OF
breeding and racing trotters has gone 10 wv 49,
viii find a hard nut to crack in the ia'eS' w..
from Kentucky where Baron Wilkes was sou ' 49,
csurdav TO John f. Thayei, OF Boston, TOT S-''O'"
r,h,s 10 the highest price that has been pau ioi
trottng horse since Stamboul was Knocked gov" "
+ II Harr!man's bid OF $4,000 just before 'he f,''s
-, 1909 and If would seem indicate revival "a
high prices for high-class horses what ihaN''
The matter more encouraging to the trottins IRA
,ernitv is the fact that Baron Wilkes broush' '"i'
to sum for breeding purposes. The horse Is no"
thirteen years of age and is long past MS use'"
ness as a campdgner. of course
OTHER IMPORTANT SALES.
Tho Gallo Of Baron Wilkes is not the onIy en-
couraging sign OF the times. "i'hih IL" no D"saa
mast Alcantara, a nineteen-year-oiu son Vi 800 $50
Wykes has been sold for $4,000 at auction WlI'oi'
, ef.een-year-old stallion. for $l2Wo ana iiinua
wrtes a ten-year-old brood-mare, for 'o'o" Be
,,a. ,hese sales of breeding stock track horses
10. looked like winners have COMMANDED eoou
6oures Peter Duryea having oHereu s-i'"" io' Wv
,hrea-vear-old colt Larabie a few days ai'eI "e
naid sls5oo for Beuzetta and James Gordon pen
na,, through his agent, Ed. DE Cerhea "a''"s
do q hid nj 1000 for Alix, without getting her'
Sorn. NJ the men who Joined the trotting ira'er-
nitv when the boom was on anu WIZ P'
travagant prices for breeding STOCK III t"0'
orc naturally enough disappointed and discouidseu
- ,bat every weedy colt with iashiohap'e
Lore
tt ora u good many of these dishearteheu De
irars are getting out of the ranks sehdhs 'her
stock TO the auction ring 10 be so'u io' """
If will bring Before the close OF 'he yea, ~
,ban two thousand trotting-bred horses VIII ""''
49,, ,is,osod Of in this way in NeW-i orK aio"e,
and the wonder IS that the market mas "'.,s,o 80
this deuge of stock as wei as IL mas e
i,,a,s of all ages and all sorts, the average Pi'e
ner head for the l.5co or more that nave p"s'e1
under the hammer al the big conpll'a'o' ~ ~
~ this time is upward of $500 Ten years as
Nth only one important public sale year IN New
Work and only about two hundred anu my a
- toe, the market the average selling prlce was
dc, ohou, the same, yet the breeders seioo" CUM
planned OF low prices
THE OUTLOOK is GOOD
rbose who began TO breed trotters from STOCK
purchased at the scale OF vaiues ho" " 80.
cannot well be disappointed at the hhahcia' i
and the chances are that as soon as the hoise',"
become reconced TO the new oroer Vi "''s'
trotting interest in all its branches VII" NC '
hit &C nrosperous as il was ten years ago
paron Wnkes IS an important acquisition io'
~nwEneland breeders who seem TO be sa'heri"s
in the nick of the Kentucky and Caliioih'a "0''e
stations He is a horse OF rare preeui"s,
o,,,rg ,ha George Wilkes Mambrino fatchc"
ross Belle Patchen. his DAM won the Leh'hs,on
c,atos for tvo-year-old trotters in 1916 oea''"e
Caneral B. F. Tracy's afterward noted caip"S
Kentucky Wilkes, and sucn other soou o"'' CO.
Noont.de, Fanny W.therspoon and la'an" INV
was by Mambrino Patchen, the full bro'her 10 iaus
Thorn, and her dam was Sally Choris'e'' s and
Of two noted oldtme trotters-Proteine -''' anu
polIa RrasneId 2:2O-by Mambrno Chorister' son
of Mambrino Chief The Baron was os s,v mn 70
campagner himself AT ne SSoerior Granny
and some other young stations IN ~ ronfhs
that Was t and Witch led to sweepstakes for 500
a corner between Hinder Wilkes bermuda AM an1
Raron Wilkes later the same year Inc loai 81, PC ,bs
heat
race he gained his record of 2lS. He was bred ny
yS. Il Hqg o6ns Of r. & sSner Of PaT KY when
His first 2SO performer appeared on the tnrl IN
Isss the three year-old PAGER Frenchy taxing a
record of 222 in that year ne 5s nT U, au,nng
MN nes of When are Baronet ana Baron Rogers
2A Baron Dillon 212 oa ai5 BARON Baro Wilkes
is also the sire Of the speedy PAGERS 9%1aakIsnd
baron won the Lexington Stakes for twO-year-
rotting in 2iS a, 5hst age age sS 'I Kentueky Fu
turity the most valuable stake OF the year ne is
owned by Colonel stoner ana ne WI propa naS
Ralph Wilkes 2O6s4. when that noted trotter died
last spring. having paid 5000 FOR the son OF dca
breeding farm near Boston. and II was 10 replace
Ralph Wilkes that the BaT09 dgc was n p6 ronc
classes at the coming Horse Show
GOODLY ARRAY OF ENTRIES.
While the exhibition of trotters at the Garden
this year will not be up TO the high standard of
1884, some of the most important classes having
failed TO fill there nevertheless good array of
good stock In the entry lists. No nominations hav-
ing been received in the herd classes for stations
shown with four of their progeny the most inter-
esting class that remains is the one for racing
stations with records Of 2:& or better Half
high-class lot. Dan Cupid, the bay son OF Barney
Wilkes. entered by William Kelly. OF this city. Is a
remarkably handsome big horse and he has a rec
ord of ,2Dsiz ned IN race , agahast pnoeoe
fhrep heal below the JranSyNdnid
Stakes at Lexington in l@4 Oscar William owned
canpaigner Eastern horsemen have not seen much
o, him yet, GUS NJ ,cey having raced the sop Of
mmons and Lott;e Thorn in the West this year
w taking ae mark lark Of sis at Gaesburs Ill., in Au
tauartermarch the entry Of Rumble & White, Dan,
bury onk SOun as n0r COMING o ny o He
trotted at Fleetwood and at Parkway in July: win
mare Wanda fore d MIN to trot in 2l74 on the half
mile course in BROOKLYN About a month ago Quar-
He is by the noted show horse Quartermaster 2:2i,,
out Of Dolly Walter by Sir Walter, 2:2rz' the gam game
as fitzpatrick, o: this city. and he is probably the
sending him Europe this winter along with some
other American trotters TO campaign on French and
Charles H. Kerner, who bred the dam of STAN
bou 2:O74 has entered his promising stallion Leon
SISs. This slx-year-ol took record of 217i. In
his first race last August gStns the si last ha in
Electioneer and Penelope, that won hard-fought
ten neat in Boston about q month ago Is
tered by his owner. George b. Inches and Dacons.
2l9i. by Norwood Star. that trained for a
time this year Fleetwood Park by John Kelly, OF
Directum fame. is also on the list
OUARTERMASTER IS IN.
ouartermaster 2:2h. the sire of Quartermarch,
214a.: Quarterstretch. 2l5; Blue Bells PISA. and
dozen other fast Is the most prominent Of the
six entries in the class for troting sires four years
old or over The others Nero a twelve-yearold
horse, by Winouki. that is the sire OF Maggie H..
2:l7A and Prince Nero. 2:29A: Falls. seventeen
year-od son OF Eectoneer with eight 2:30 trotters
TO his credit and the young untried stations Leon
atus 2J7i. by Alcantara: Daghestan 2:25iz, by
STEAMBOAT 2:07lz out Of Alta Belle, by E!ec;ioneer.
and SilVery Chimes, the siXyear-old son OF Chimes
that was placed third in his class last year.
Glasses IL and IL are the important ones for tro-
ters shown in harness and in the first OF these
Classes the entries large. Colonel Lawrence Kip
la,ilI hon Quiz Ii, nfuI Etfln