New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-26
GOOD PRICES FOR GOOD HORSES.
CONFIRMATION OF THE kELLo"t iHoiiiN"
SALE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

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There was marked increase In the attendance
Yesterday at Peter c. Kellogss combination saie OF
trottlng stock In Madison Square Garden, and with
h.,tcr offerings than the opening day. prices look
n ,ump upward Only animals OF strictly nigh class
commanded good prices. however. as tho preeuers
turfmen and road drivers who are buying rot'ers
nowadays are exceedingly exacting and cri'icai III
their Judgment OF animal led into the SAFE rhs
The day has passed. probably never to return whcn
. harness horse can be sold on tho strength OF his
breeding alone and scores OF we-bred weeds. that
would have fetched 500 or $1,000 apiece In tho days
OF the Wild boom In trotting stock are now knocked
down for so less nearly every public sale that Is
held In Madison Square Garden. There were some
OF these weeds scattered through the consignments
Yesterday and they sold for little than enough
10 pay the expenses for selling them. One such was
n chestnut hy, three years old. by Del Mar. 2l6s4.
one OF the best OF Electioneer. and out Of the
good mare Rose Medium. 22sa.. who produced the
PAGER Medeoyne. 2:l5. and was herself daughter OF
Happy Medium. Although richly bred. the hlly
lacked Individual merit and 1t was hard work for
the auctioneer to SECURE q bid OF $50 for her.
But tho animals that combined breeding with
beauty OF form and speed were always In good de-
mand and with few exceptions such horses sold for
fair values: In Instances for very good prices.
As the opening day OF the sale. John II. Shuts
paid tn, top price. giving $3.50 for the well-known
campa!gner Kate Caffrey. tall. racy-lookins black
mare with IA record OF 2:i8a made at Council Bluffs.
Iowa, III June, 1894. Mr.. Shuts bought her to
as "A brood mare at his Parkvle Farm. She Is by
Charles Caffrey tho sire OF Robbie p. 2:l0a. and
other good ones. and her dam. Eva. Is the dam OF
Ave trotteIs and PAGERS having records below 2:30
Winnie H.. 2:l6ts. a faster mare than Kate Canrey.
but well bred. went for $3.50 to c. Reuseus.
who Will drive her the road In New-York. She
made her record last season at GAINESVILLE, WIS., and
she afterward finished close second to the winner
| OF heat In 2lis4 Eldridge. 2:20. and E!sinore
handsome chestnut
sgnment OF w. i. Steele. were shown pair, and
sold with the understanding that the buyer OF one
might take the other at the price. Christopher
Mooney bid $125 and split the pair by choosing the
| slower horse. Eidrldgs then sold TO James
| Canrey, Of Far kockaway, for $3.50 There
spirited bidding for the two-year-od bay illy Miss
Bow Bells. rather small but very highly finished
| daughter Of Bow Bells. 29h. and Lottie Thorn.
2:2Jft, William Simpson finally getting the pros
pective trotter for $500. Mr. Simpson bought her
dam. Lotte Thorn about two ago, and he
also owns three-year-old daughter OF that mare
Kentucky Futurity OF 1926. Lottie Thorn is the dam
| of the great campagner Oscar William 2l2s.
owned by H. Il. c. Watson Flora Gould, a blood
like and beautiful mare. by the oli-t!ne champion
stallion Jay Could 2:llh. was one of the bargains
| OF the day At $780, the price paid for her by A.
| Brln.er. OF Brooklyn. Mas Hunter. ,:?lt. a ten
year-old mare by Intrigue. the OF Jay Gould,
| brought $3.50, going to William Matthews The chest.
nus 1eiding Morton. twelve PEARS old. BY Wikte