New-York tribune., 1896-11-20
JOHN Il. GENTRY SOLD.
THE GhEAT PAGER BECOMES THE PROPERTY
OF l.. g TEWKSBURY FOR $1,000

THE GhEAT PAGER BECOMES THE PROPERTY
OF L. g TEWKSBURY FOR $1,000
The announcement ha, John r Gentry 2Ooi4 the
f1sjes' harness horse In the world. would be sold
auction IN Madison Square Garden last night drew
n crowd of 1000 500 persons 70 the big building.
eres, interest hoi,g manifested In seeing the
stallion pass under the hammer Prominent horse
men from al parts OF he United States and from
Europe crowded ne sale ring and filled the boxes
arI chairs on the entire south side OF the Garden.
while there was quite sprlnklng OF spectators In
tho gallery !, Was o'clock when the orchestra
from the Carrier Theatre struck up Hal % tho
chief" and IN" handsome bay horse. accompanied
hy his 'riincr "Blly" Andrews, appeared In front
o. ,he auc.oncer's box iie 20, a hearty round OF
appaue" as he stro ie cOurlgcOusiv into the dense
crowd. and moment af'er b. came to a halt the
excited spectators were closely packed about him
that nobody c0ull more han me glossy black
fore-op and the bright. lnqnsiiiv' counienanc" OF
the PAGER Oncers were called 20 force the CROWD
back aud then the auctonc'r proceeded TO business
alfh:
How much am oncrei ;or the tastes; horse in
the world
-Four thousand dollars" promptly responded
James = Corey of Boston. who stood beside An
drews - G.ntrs's head
-, ihousand'' Eight thousand" Ten thou
sand came the lids I'm quick succession from other
parts ~ ih. house and then tall. sedat" man.
who stood with half = dozen others table In
tho c.nfr, of ~. arena. said. Five hundr"d' II
Wa Lewis g Toukshury the owner OF Robert j..
2oiir Mascot 2O1. Paul. 2o7i.. and other noted
PAGERS and every body who recognized the new bid
der knew ihcr" was going 10 l." iun II anypo'y "P-
I.ar.d 10 oppose him
Down back of the auciionoers box Louis w.
Wormser stood chatting with A. J. Wslch In a
moment he looked up and said. Eleven thousand
Mr. T.wk~hnrv raised the bid quickly. and Mr..
Worms.r promptly came back with "Thirteen
rla. -.rs
idly upward un, Nj Wormser's off"r was $500"
The owner OF Roher, J. then bid $3.50 and II took
tn. horse Mr. Wormscr turning awas aS II to
say Enough" while the hammer fell after
short dela,
4 ronslnr cheer went up when caused Gentry
70 shak, his handsome. expressive head resiiveiy.
and then h. was led away to join Robert j. In the
stahl. Of his new owner. The price was the
largest ever paid Tor rar'r a. pSn,' p u' p',, r
greatly pleased - - -
William simpson who consigned John r. Geniry
TO the sale ring bought MN a, aD,,lon III IN. var,
don last February for S'."' the hors" having az
tn"vn r" HAT Mr. Trvksbury held option the
hor~. las, S'ptcmber shortly aiter Grntry paced
viii 20 al ono. into IN" training stable OF T. X.
I,ownn who Is nkoly TO campaign hoth OF Mr..
>s,mh,r Of other noted harness horses passed
dndcr the hammer IN ihu aft,rno2n ana ct'nins'
iMr team Nutshell 2.l5. and Dick. 2.i2i. were sold
earl, in th, day r. T. mo~n Who mo nUr'f fay
Mr. clark last season. repurchased for for N.l5.
nw pri"n Considering her record and her breeding
r,ick ,ras struck of To colonel y loud"n Snowden.
nf rhladDrhia for $l025. but the purchase was
,,'ato fnr Thomas Watkins. of Aurora y. y.
r + Aver who has been driving the big bay
,rot,,nr mare clara D. 2li@,. 10y Belmont, on IN"
,i ~ T.w- York two years sold her for $500
Dr. J. II Mccormick Of Pourhkeepsi". through
Tho medium OF the auction""r. Clara -. was for
,nerl, owned hy John u. Creighton OF Omaha. the
Intimate friend Of v J. Bryan. and was cam
,'nt,ncd for him by Monroe Salisbury. "Eph' Sim
Inon,ns's GOOD campaigner Jack Dawson. PHI. by
n,rector changed hands for f.525 ) l.. Pratt OF
Tnror, Y Y being the buyer. The wcll-knOwn
,ocnI ,rot,ing mare Ernsie. 2r2. by Wilkes BOY.
u mnn Austria She will he shipped to Europe next
w"ck Jane l3a the stable companion OF Ernsc;
ror, ror 81 go to Captain W. {. harrington. OF
r., ,vho vill drive her tho road.