New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-21
MINED STOCK AT FAIR PRICES
BILLY A. BROUGHT THE HIGHEST PRICE
OF THE DAY AT THE KELLOGG SALE.
HE is A CONVERTED PAGER OF PLEBE1AN sToCk'
AND SOLD FOR sl.275-A LONG ISLAND

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BUYER GETS A BARGAIN.
Plebeian blood was at premium yesterday al
Kelloggs sale OF trotting stock IN Madison square
Garden OF the eShty-odd horses that passed
under the hammer, Billy A.. a converted PAGER
whose pedigree runs straight back TO the ''pney
woods OF East Tennessee In every line, prousn'
the highest price. outselns by hundreds OF do
lars young troters that combine the blood OF Mo-
night Miss Russell and Alma Mater-aristocrauc
queens OF the harem whose lineage can be traceu
for 200 years in the thoroughbred studbooks OF
England and America and whose progeny includes
champions of the trott!ng turf such as Maui :"
and Jay-Eye-See ,,s,d
The man who paid y275 for this cold-bloodeu
scion OF the Bay Tom and Tom Hal tribes wa"
Frank Fox city marshal under Hugh j. CRAM
administration. and a man well known IN ho's'
,irc.es as we'll as in politics. 1t was said at inc
Garden that Fox bought the horse Tor hch"'
Croker. and that Billy A. would be taken 10 h'e
land and driven the road during 'he i'0'
season by the owner OF Dobbins.
In the main the prices realized yesterday "e,e
low but they were. after all. not dscourae'ns' :"
view of the mixed character of the consignmeh's
which were offered for sale. The STOCK oe'o"e"e
to Charles H. Kerner, OF this city. was NJ
fancied than any OF the other lots, ana o'uue
some Of the well-bred animals in this coliec''oh
was spirited. Frederick Watson VINO ac'eu ""
commission for unknown buyer. secured "'
voung mare in Guenn, by Acantara, 2:2' OUT Oh
Gilda tho dam OF Presto, 2:l9i2. by Jay "o"''
22i1. ..,,.
Nathan Straus closed out his stabe OF trot'e,s
with the exception OF the fast mare Norha"h
2l5s, that he is now driving on the road' anu Nv
aid M, fare ,,ell at the hands OF the big crown VI
buvers The choice one of the lot was nVe-vea'-
old by Antonio 22Sa4. son Of the great proou'"
Green Mountain Maid, out OF Lady herner,
daughter Of Midnight, the dam OF Jay-h!eN
2Io AT $50 he went TO G. Rowland Leavi't' oi
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tors according to competent Judges. that Mr.. hc'-
logg has sold during the twenty years that ne mas
been in business In New-York.
vox. to Billy s. the highest-priced horse OF the
DAYS sale was Roscoe, a seven-year-od PAGER, WI"
a record OF 2:i2a. consigned by his breeder H. T.
Uot1eu OF Palmer Mass. He proved to he
money winner In the Grand Circuit last season.
when his record made. and he looked IKE
cheap horse at 500, for which he was soid
Following are some OF the horses sod. the prices
paid, and the buyers:
Property Of j. W Mencfee, Graham " C.;
Pa Hmsrs StfFp' ;mS Ss e by MSant%n sam,
sy Ro S Medium go 6. a Williams A'bury ,aoo
properly Of J. + pingec. BROOKLYN:
H FS.. 2 5J bsoh IS i fS% y Hail. Ia, Prank Fox.
p HS" Mi, STE 22, br g. 1854, BY 6 " Mitchell
Wild Duck by Pearsali. 4. A. Godfrey bridgeport" a,o
Property Of H. +. Holden Palmer. Mass;
f; PoSp sts q I F1y s N@''l@' es
Property Of oscar NJ. IAwton. Bro'kiyn
Ry9l King M; q r,s is'7 by M9 @acr5 KEW NV
property Of william + Moore. Ncw-York:
c21aap 2 e VAR . ,S !. M,6asa 40
Property Of Linhu-F. sickol & Co. Trenton. y J.;
Cassie. go c.. m. 1850 by sidney. 2e'. Mis-
Casscrly. by Eugene Casserly W. huden New .no
Property q the estate q Edwin Bates. Derby VI: