The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
HORSES AND HORSEMEN
yEWSY MOTIFS FEOU THE JO1D,
TRACK ND SHINE.
The Iasig Sale a crsa, sue .s---The Tide
HIS Turned aud Tsoi.ci- ire IN De-
mEnd-,ir. I;,cker'- SADIE.

fiDChs ltt'hA+ u'll al MANlS'l ''-N"-N
Garden, New York. was full OF en,oul
agement to breeders and owners oi hsht
harness horses, ana denotes plainly thdl
horses OF the proper kind are IN deMan1,
and that the market. both in this country
and in Europe. Is briskcr than Tor years
past II has been at least three years
since such crowd gathered IN "A SAFE
ring. ON Thursday morning, the iolh IN
staut, when the auctioneer mounted lir
stand. a. least three thousand peopiS
were in attendance and later, the CROWD
increased In numbers. II was by All ouus
the most representative gathering Vi
trOtting horsemcn seen for years past
The attraction for the first Gay "aa liiS
closing out Of the entire stud owned %
Henry q. JeWett Of Buffalo. lnciuoihs
the black stallion. Patchen w likes ~
George Wilkes. out of Kitty Patcnehi y
MamDrinO Patchcn. As an indlNlaudl,
Patchen Wilkes is superb ana no hleNIf
class horse was ever lead in the sais
ring. Thou % SlO,J2J seems pretty soog
money he 81 IS cheap horse, ana t s,in
European buyers been compe utors' l.n
5000 more would have been addsd 70
the price paid for him by w T.. ~
Stokes owner OF Benzettay 10 -,
over one hundred other horses. db4vhR
them. a lot of brood mares, geldinss' ana
yearlings. neither in active demand az
this time. yet the average was sometimes
like Sijp. surely "A most encouIa-ihs
sign. The bidding was in most instances
spirited. especially when the animal Of
fered possessed Individuality, ialF ptte"-
ing and could show speed IN the IlhS.
Out OF the entire lot, in one instance
only did the price fail under three hs-
ures, and that for an aged brood mar.
Following the Jewett consignment came
that Of the estate of the late John n.
Goldsmith. a number OF highly bfed Soi's
and hllies. by Baron Wilkes, ownsu 10y
Col II. G.. Stoner and Nj y. MciSul p;
and these, like The preceding lots reallzeu
good figures. The noted race marc,
Phoebe Wilkes, 2.0~ u, eonsigHeu j..
McHenry. brought $500. IL was aDout
: o'clock on Friday. the second uAy'
when the consignment Of Hot q SCOT
Alamance Farm. Graham, y. g va.
reached. Both OF these gentlemen were
present. ana the sale was an absolu.e
disposal of their horses TO close the part
nership. The first horse offered was Johh
l.. Gentry. and when lead into the ring,
the bay stallion presented picture on
rare beauty and superb INDIVIDUALITY ~
the champion Of harness stations, ana
by many considered the fastest morse III
the world. the bay son Of Ashland Wilkes;
ana DamewoOd. by Wedsewood riNtteg
the gaze of thousands who had Sathei,u
TO see him pass under the hammer. IL
record OF BOB 81 has never been cqudfitd
by another stallion, and In race uutihe
the past season he had gone 10 the nail
la - - seconds. 10 three-puatieIs ~
1:3O and keeping up the wonqerinl h iie
of speed until the seven-elsnths poie
had been reached in 1.ij-a tWO-Hllhu'S
gait-and then pulled up. and he logged
home i'm 2.O3 "a. All these preliminaries
were dwelt upon by the aucuoneer, Geo,
A. Balm, and when the first bid was
called for. the veteran, John r. lurnes'
responded with one OF $500. after when
the competition lay between him ana
William Simpson, the miiiionaife ps~ 40
broker, with bids OF 500 and LOO
each until seventy-five hundred collars
had been reached, then an extra sluV
from Mr.. Simpson, and the sensation 0i
the day was over. John r. Gentry VIII
be taken TO MI Simpsons farm, at Cu-
ba. New York. bred 10 some gnl-elge
matre and campaigned by trainer VIII
liam j. Andrews, who trained ana drove
Bouncer. 2:1O IL last season.
The price was rather Disappointing 10
the owners OF the stallion, as was the
sum realized for their other good young
horse Baronet, 2.ll - boy Baron wilkes
who is faster than his record Indicates.
The latter is "A remarkably handsome
horse perfectly sound, and clean, ana out
of Lamberta. a triple producing daubh-
ter of Daniel Lambert. yet ne iell 10
bid Of S2.5o9. from b. W, BurdlcIk' so oil
Albany. y y. at least a thousand doll
lars less than his value. While neither
Gentry or BarOnet realized as much as
expected the amount Tor the ltihalhu'i
OF the consignment aggregated s"Ntfa,
thousand dollars more than was loohsu
for by the majority OF horsemen AT inc
sale The BAY mare Alice Burlcw, by
Charlie b.. 10 out OF Lady NfdW'i, ~
9.22 Ii and a trial of 2.lJ Ii, not iast
enough to win In her class, yet no nofse
ever shown to halter I'm the ring at Mad
ison Square Garden displayed suc9
bursts of speed al the trOt. Round any
round she flew literally carrying the
runner along. and provoking enthusiast
tic applause. The result was that sic
quickly reached four figures, ana hhaliy
fell to a bid of Sl,O2O made by y. j.
Sprague. of MOOsup. Conn.
l.f al
Sauce, 2.27 u. by onward, ana the
roam mare of SdvCnne. Of the same age,
but by Jay Bird, were nicely SOFA AZ
$3.50 and 500 each, while q wearing
roane colt, by Baronet, out OF SaVonne'
was pretty well disposed al $40, the THO
going 10 Jno. Kelly, Of Directum lane.
In the Garden were TO be seen famlllal
faces on all sides well-known tuII WITT
crs, breeders owners, trainers ana ON
ors. all discussing the favorable change
i'm the horse world, with evident pleas
IRE and satisfaction, fully realizing what
relation il bore 10 the industry, ana ue-
termining the future course OF many III
the business. doubtless influencing num-
Der 10 remain in. who had about decided
About sixty head were disposed OF by
Holt q Scott and the summary oil best
prices obtained by them follows.
John r. Gentry PAGER (2:o5 30 D. n,
1ss9 lev Ashland Wilkes-Dame Wood, BY
Wedgewood William Simpson, city w.
Baronet ell 1-2), b. h.. 1890 by Baron
Wilkes-Iamberta, by Daniel Laupert'
L. W. Berdlck, Albany. \. y o, 500.
Gregorian, 2.2J 81 ch. b.. 1Ns't ny
Prince George-Betih.a. by Mansneld; W.
/ carter, Richmond, Va, $3.50:
Burden. 2:2f. blk H., 1857. BY Bonnle
Ray-Bfss by Eayari. T. III. camp
Norwich. conn, $500
LISA, PIG 81. dun. m, 1858, py fatc ~
en- Wilkes-Lady Shaw, by hochestef' l.
n Reed. Cleveland. o., tl.1I5ou,..,
Chestnut colt, 1884, by Gresolitii-
Blondetta. By Leland; W. j. Na''H''
SaVonne' TO. m, 1892, by Jay Bird
Nav Morning. by Mambrino fatcheh'
John Keny, city, 500. ,ooo -,
Alice Buriew, 2.22 Il, b. M ,l io,o' ~
Charley B.-Lady Cramer, by 5 :, onn
4 ID SDrague MOosup Conn sl'V-o.
Pamlet. ch. c.. 1893. by PaniicoI1t,eTa ear.
Lambert, by Ben Franklin 'ohh Ne'iS'
'' Bose ey'y lilly ch f.. 1894 by GresSrianT
pilot Rose. by Melville Chleii W. H.
SNYDER, baltimore. Nd. $40. ~. D..
Brave Boy. Jr.. b. C., py biace by
plot rose. by Melville Chief: q. X >
samson Middieboro. Mass. S5.o' NJ,
pilot Rose. 2:41. b. m. 800, ~ p1l',,,
vile Chief-Evening Rose. p& Plaon
Dutchman: y. Turner, Denton .'''''D'
go Sennie Ethel. br. T.. 1893. by Bonnie ss,rrae
pov-Ladv Cooper. by Andrew S i,od
/ u Greene. Wilmington, DEL Si sa,, -,
Pepper Sauce, 2:27 IA, D. nl,' io'-i ~
Onward-Flaxy by MamDr'ho "'0Ne"'