The evening times., 1896-03-09
COLTS an UNCERTAINTY
Statistics Showing the Amounts
Paid for Star Performers.
BIG PRICES FOB YEARLINGS
His Highness Sold for So 400 and Dom
fnO Was Knocked Off at Even 81 900.
Raceland and Tenny Brought but
$40 ENch-king Thomas Cost the
Fabulous Sum of $4,000.

Buying Thoroughbred ycarlinEs has been
termed lottery and The average turfu;in
| always points to King Thomas. the $40 :
| ooO prize bcauty and absolute fJ lure as
| a racchorse. as an illustrat ion Of the Jolly
| OF paying big prices FOR unccrtaiHiies.
fct IL Is Natter OF record that many
| OF the great racers have brought good
| prices when sold at the ycariIng sales.
| On the Other hand, Morclo brought bus
500, and Mr.. boswell was not anxious
| to take him at this sum, though lie did
NOT want IL SAID that Al soD of Eolus had
been sold FOR snailcr price. Sometimes
the maternal sire Of the colts breeding
is the cause of the fancy price.
As instances OF certain dams that have
nearly Always thTown raccEoTsvs ii.;iy be
| bc mentioned Thora, dam Of YoTkvi,le
Belle. Sir Francis and Doibin>, all of
which amply repaid tie invest nC ntS made
in them. Yorkville Belle fetched as
ycarlihg Sl.6OU ana up to- 1885 iad cafDcd
SST,675. Sir Francis ycarling price was
50, 800 and his earnings up to ! e9o
amounted To Si2,TI9- DoDbins cost S1O,-
600 as Il yeariins and earned up To 1885
Sl44 ,33l and could not lie bought for
any reasonable price today.
HoRNPIPE AND IRISH REEL.
Then Ike Round Dance. Her colts, Don
Aionzc, Hornpipe. anu Irish Reel, cost, re-
specuvely. as ycariings $4,000. 81 800 ,and
81 $50. Their winnings up 10 1895 were
S6l ,U6s, S35.375, and S3,2i5. Since
then Hornpipe has Brooklyn handicap 10
his credit. Numerous Instances could be
given showing that il has always been safe
10 buy The Progeny frou certain dams. For
instance, all the products from Mamie Gray,
Marion, Retributiun, Maggie Ii. b., Miri-
posa, Ida Gaines, Maud Hampton (wilh
the exception OF King 1hon.asi. MlnGina.
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out more or less profitable investments.
But, as contrary to the above, and to
show the glorious uncertainty OF the ganie.
where are the brothers and sisters of Luke
Blackburn, Salvador, Foxhall, Hanover,
HindGo, Morelio, Diabo, His Highness, st.
Florlan, Tournament? Stnl, these are ex-
ceptions that prove the rule.
In regard to the purchase OF Domino
il is Understood that il was only as d favor
to Mr.. Easton that Mr.. Keene consented
10 have look at hsn, but that first peep
created such favorable impress ion that
the buyer was surprised when he became
the owner of the black whriwin1 at S3 GOO.
Shortly afterward, seeing Major Thomas,
he asked him If there was not something
wrong with the colt, which SO amused the
proprietor Of Dixiana that he told his qucs-
toner that he did not care whether he
took him or left him.
Tenny sold as yearling for S210. but it
was on account OF Tcnny, no doubt, that
Mr.. Keene purchased the Candlenias Belle
of haywood colt, OF whom. Judging from
rumors, great things are expected
REQCITALA AND HIS HIGHNESS.
Requital sold as yearIing for 81 500, be-
cause he was by Eothen, and II ylands had
owned Il yearling by that horse that would
have made a mark had he lived and also be-
cause his dam had previously been brought
prominently into notice through her progeny.
Subsequently, at the disposal sale of Gideon
* Daily 5 horses, he was bought for 81 500
by one of the partners. Then, after winning
the Futurity and other good stakes, he was
bought back by his breeder for almost as
many thousands as he brought hundreds at
his yea Ring sale.
His Hiehness sold as yearling for So, 400.
He won SO. ,2o5 as Il wo-year-oid, and
had his owners desired to sell him they
could have done so for an enormous sum,
but they were satisfied TO retain him for
sire in their own stud.
st. Flori1n sold rs yearling for Sc 500,
ana won the first season S31 SIS, nOtwith-
standing Il serious accident.
Kingston sold as yearlinE for $4,000.
The Dwycr Brothers Won 4 fortune with him
racing and when they dissolved partnership
he was purchased by Mr.. N. F. Dwyer for
S35 eco. and when his racing career ended
he brought nearly that sum when sold as a
sire.
Raceland sold for S21O, because he had
bog SPAWN. yet he sold for 81 500 when
two-ycar-old, and as five-year-old brought
81 900, and proved capital investment,
winning S22 ,24T the next year.
Salvator brought between 1000 and So
600 when sold at auction; everybody knows
how be turned out.