Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-25
MORGANS IN DEMAND,
AS SHOWN RECENT SALE IN NEW
YORK.


w. ID. Grand's "Silver Cup" sale of
park horses at the American Horse Ex-
change, New York, Tuesday, Oct. s,
proved to be record breaker. The Of
fer of Il handsome cup TO the consignOr of
the six best horses in the sale had the
effect of bringing together remarkably
good lot of animals, and the highest
average prices ever known in the New
York market for horses OF this class
were secured. All told, 60 head fetched
an average of S5lS. while the half dozen
sent into the ring by Strauss 81 HeXter
to compete for the silver trophy realized
$3.50. an average of $l575 each. This
beats the record for carriage horses at
auction by nearly $500a head, the best
previous average for an equal number
being $l0S7, the amount secured by Mr..
Grand last spring for half dozen trot-
ting-bred high steppers, principally the
get of MambrinO King, sold by G. j.
IIamin.
All hut one of the Strauss Il HeXter
collection were prize winners at the
Westminster Horse Show last week. and
as they are thought to be good enough
to win at Madson-square Garden next
month the bidding for them was very
spirited, such prominent fanciers as Reg
inald Rives, w. G.. Brokaw, John H..
Shuts. Jr., Frank Beard. Joseph Widen
err, G. =. Bates, Jr., G. +. Bates, II. F..
Carmen. Thomas a. Maitland, \. j..
Nutting, Howard Glib, w. Il. II. Mar
tin, John Gerken, Dr. &. ). Gagnon and
Pierre Lorillard, Jr., being among
those present who were looking for
prospective winners.
Ruth, the beautiful bay mare that beat
Sensation and Golden Rod at White
Plains, winning two blue ribbons during
the week, brought the top price of the
day. going for $500 to DR.. Cattanach
She is Il wonderful mare in her way.
having the most eXtraVagant knee action
and with it speed enough To trot in , 40
or better The most remarkable thing
about her i, that She requires only seven
ounce shoes in front to make her "act, "
the >huw-ring gait being in her case per
fectlY natural. The average high step
per carries more than double this weight.
Sam HeXter says he bought Ruth in
Missouri for $500 when she was four
year old She is by the trotting horse
Charles Reade l2:2lD, who was intense
ly inbred 10 the great show horse Ethan
Allen @ :25). Reade was by Wood
wards Ethan Allen, son of Ethan
Allen; his dam was by Daniel Lambert.
son of Ethan Allen, and his grandam
was by Ethan Allen. DR.. Cattanach al
SD bought the prize winner Meteor, by
the trOtting sire Harry Pulling = :29D,
for S22OO, and it was reported that both
purchases were made for Howard Gibbs
of Brooklyn, who paid $1,000 for the
Devils Deputy at John A. Iogan's sale
last May.
Monarch and Superior. the two trOt-
ting-bred high stepperS that attracted
so much attention at the White Plains
show last week, were secured by j. +.
Talmadge. Jr., of Brooklyn for $1,000,
and the other prize winners of the
Strauss Il IleNter lot. Surprise aud SUI
perior, went for $1,000 to j. j. Murray.
Commenting editorially on the above,
the American Horse Breeder SAYS. under
the heading, "Style and Beauty OutselI
Pedigree;
\ few years ago fashionable trotling
pedigrees brought fabulous prices. It
was common occurrence then for
standardized brood mares of fashion,
able breeding to bring from $1,000 to
5000 uudcr the hammer. and fashion
ably-bred Young trotting stations. even
though they had not shown themselves
capable Of taking fast records. brought
four times HE above sums. Ii paid so
we'll To breed for pedigreeS then that
merit was overlooked for a time By many
breeders.
During the past four years n great
change has occurred. Fashionable ped
igrees are still valued highly bur merit
now determines the price of the animal
SO small "A proportion of the fashion
ahly-brcd ones have proven money win
ners in races that intending purchasers
must now hold their watches on the
l. l,I.
fast miles and repeat them before IA sale
can be effected. such as can stand the
test are still valuable. There are plenty
of customers now and always will be
for the sort that can 90 out and win
money. Horses are compelled TO 90 so
fast nowadays. however, that but few
even of the best bred ones prove race
winners. The small breeder who breeds
for the track alone from this time on will
be very sure to get left. This has been
the case with many such breeders i'm the
past. Fortunately for this class of
horsemen there is growing demand for
handsome, stylish, prompt driving ami
mails with some speed, that can show
lots of knee action, and a certain class of
gentlemen are willing to pay good
prices for them.
The record breaking sale of high step
other column. shows the drift of public
opinion. Contrast the price paid for the
handsome, stylish, housekeeping mare
Ruth with the prices which fashionably-
bred trotters and PAGERS brought at
Lexington, Ky, recently, and some of
them with fast records at that. Ruth
brought $500 (thrty-seVen hundred
dollars under the hammer. On the
second day of the late sale at Lexington.
Ky, 36 animals brought only SHE'S,
and among them was C0rric OH,rorl
(2I4A, which went for 1928. The 3G
animals bred in fashionable trottiDg
lines brought barely S4jj more than this
inbred Morgan mare Ruth, aud it is not
claimed thar she can trOt a mile better
than ? 40. 1t was her beauty, style,
knee action and superior qualities as a
roadster that made her valuable. An
other animal with no fast record brought
$2200.