New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-14
A BIG SALE OF TROTTERS.
PATCHEN WILKES AT s1o.o25.
LONG PRICE PAID FOR THE SIRE OF JOE PArcHEN
At " Il. FAsIG & CO.'S AUCTION.
e PATCHEN

At " D. FAsIG & CO.'S AUCTION.
n.,o, wilkes sire OF the famous PAGER Joe
po,ohar was sold TO Mike Bowerman, OF
lexington Ky for sl0,o25 yesterday, at W.
T. Fasig & Companys auction sale OF "o'-
ting stock In Madison Square Garden. MS Is 'ne
highest price that has been paid for trotter at auc
,ion in New-York since 1898. when +. H. Hartman
,,h, s,,mboul Poll, for Sil,00O and the big
crowd Of breeders and turfmen who attended the
sals were OF opinion that the market Is on the
mend $3.50, ,.
patcben wilkes is a horse Of remarkable beauty
many horsemen pronouncing him yesterday 'i'e
handsomest trottng stallion ever brought into the
I r,ng in Ncw-York He is sixteen hands high;
coal black I'm color with coat Ike satin, ana lie
has All the spectacular dazzle Of the famous sho"
horse Mambrino King in his lordly style ana car
rare The horse Is now fourteen years oiu pu'
he looked like "A four-year-old when led out 10 DC
sold He was bred by Timothy Anglin OF Lexington
Ky. who sold him to Henry c. Jewett, oil buIia'o'
when two or three years old. Mr.. Jewett for many
wears an extensive breeder Of trotters. Is no" CLOS
ing out his horse stock and all other business ''
terests and Patchcn Wilkes was one OF 'he liz "''
mas included in his consignment TO- n pass 81
As the OF Joe Patchen. 2H raVoIa, IL
Henrco, 2l5; Roetta soap 2lF.; lisa ais. nI many
van 2l5 Kate 2tl. Mary West - 10 h anu po ,
other fast ones the stallion Is one Oh ,,c him
sres of the day and dozen horsemen wanted MN,
arn %ha bidders and their offers jumped
rapidly upward from $500. until Mr. Emery r. cox
hfl INIT n
and finally secured the handsome son OF Georsu
wilkes II said and generally beiieved al.eI
the sale that the purchase was maze 10, -,
Duryea who has bought a number OF noted trot,srs
for w. f. T. Stokes during the last y year farm a
Stokes Is thinking about starting preeuliE la.
in kentucky in the future the report appea'eu
10 he not unreasonable. ,.. ,,.,tros
Uenrico n ha ndsome black son OF Patchen WiIkes.
with four yearold record Of 10 was -, so 70 ,oo
charles Flcischmann, Of Berlin. Germany 10, 'I,Ivo
lie Will hc taken to Europe and camPaisned tneIe
next season. Henrico Is believed TO De Gapdpe VI
heating any horse In Europe at two-mile meats
Favora 2.l2i2. another son OF Patcheh M"nss,
brought ii626 and it is said that he, too was p"f-
chased Tor export &C.,, -, ,.,o,r, eecured
rno 800 a promising son OF Patchen Wilkes for
yy,.l., Dnn,,e I,oy a fourth Of Patchen Wilkes
passcd the 81 .Vo mark. selling Tor $'oD 70 =. -
Emery Cleveland. syndicate OF builo men ,
- iie contcpd!ng bidders. and they subsequently
,nr,bosed the horse from Mr.. Emery at private
sole Homie BOY small horse OF the COP type
9.3li also 10y Patchen wilkes. brought $3.50 gong
| 10 a Philadelphia horseman ...,
| Auctloneer Fasig broke the record Tor trot'lnS
-. s,ias I'm Ncw-York by d.sposing OF 100 ami
| mails during the day and evening. Inc totaI SUM
r.ai,zel was sii.7j5 average OF VIZ .ach' -
! peter Duryca said last night tnat Nike b1"v ~
man had purchased Patchen Wilkes Tor W. T." -
stokes and that Mcssrs. Stokes ana Duryea ndu
| n,Wcht tha breeding farm near Lexington, N.Y.
S,rn.rlv owned hy Rowcrman Brothers. the pace
"a 80 he called the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, ana
the black stallion Will be placed at the head Oh d"
smong the horses TO be sold to-day are John X
! Geutrv 2iGa.. Phoebe wilkes. 29Hi2' harontt
e.llg Symboeer, I'll. and Az OF thc '.p''eiS vac,
| his death Goldsmith was rare JH'e' Oh IL, m"' 80,
| rnsh particularly youngsters. having bIousht oui
such crack colts "a Freedom. SABLE likes ann
Regal wilkes The animals from ms stap.e w.. h
,-,f HE money In and Their" are some prospective
/ orl-makcrs among tho lot.