New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-24
BIG PRICE FOR CRESCEUS.
WESTERN MAN PAYS $1,000 FOR HIM AT
THE GARDEN.
fsOoo-BARGAIN- COUNTER PRICES FOR SOME
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EXPERTS Vailed THE COLT AT FROM 10000 TO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PRICES FOR SOME
OTHER HORSES AT THE AUCTION SALE.
Cresceus. 2:osa.. the four-year-old son OF Robert
McGregor and Dority's Mabel. by Towards Mann
brino. was the star trotter Of yesterdays sale at
Madison Square Garden. Crcsceus known
among horsemen In 1897 of the greatest
thrce-yoar-olds ever seen on the turf He won some
remarkable races against aged horses in the Grand
Circuit. trotting TO record Of 2I1i4 in the eighth
heat or a posiponed at Fort Wayne. He was
so severely campaigned that he trained or In Sep
temhor ana lad TO be retired. His campaign this
year. while brilliant hardly fulfilled the promise OF
his three ear-od form.
He is a plain-looklng but well-formed colt with
a straight neck. rather rough hips and somewhat
dropping rump. HOrseren who arc competent 10
judge OF tho market value OF trotters thought he
might bring from SC COO IS 900 # put up be sold
al auction Some surprise accordingly mani
Tested when Mike" Bowerman started the colt at
5000 and nearly all the experts I'm the Garden
were a.tonished when Charles Tanner a trainer. OF
Cleveland. raised this bid 10 $1,000 at one Jump.
Expressions Of establishment gave place to smiles
as the bids In rapid succession ran up to $1,000.
and tho horse was struck of to William Brown, OF
The Kalamazoo Stock Farm. This sale caused more
talk than anything OF the kind that has taken
place In New York for long time
The afternoon sale yesterday was made up FOR
the most part of odds and ends and most OF the
offerings had to be placed on the bargain counter
to find buyers Prices ranged all the way from 5000
down 10 S25, while occasionally an old broodmare
or an unbroken colt would be led out OF the ring
without attracting a bid John H. Shuts and Ed
Upton. the latter representing Marcus DAILY. were
the highest bidders. Mr.. Shuts added TO his re-
markabe collection OF broodmares the crack trot-
ter Magnolia 2N9i4. by Hawpatch. getting her AT
n rare bargain on bid Of $500 James w DAILY
was the contending bidder. and when he saw his
friend. Shuts trying to buy the he withdrew
Magnolia IS in foal to Days horse De.march. 2:llia
Marcus Days purchase was the double gated
mare Addie De- with trottlng record OF 2:2ja. and
a pacing record Of 20L. The Montana man will
breed her to Prodigal PIG The sire Of John Nolan
2OS Rensselaer, Weston. representing T.. II. Uarri-
man got the bargain OF the day In broodmares
when he bought for $3.50 the bay Mabel
Medium, by Happy Medium. sire OF Nancy Hanks
20i. This mare cost A. Il. Moore. $500 few
years ago. She is bred Ike the dam Of STAN B.
Pill. and her owner will breed her TO his $40
stallion STEAMBOAT. 2O7l2. hoping to get another
STAN y.
William Loughlin known in :he Bulls Head
Horse Market "Red Bill" bought for so the
bay mare Nivaclty. by Happy Medum-Anne steel
by Fearnaught. and for the price the black
mare Jenny W,st dam Of Henrico 2l5). by Allie
West
I'm not afraid Of the cheap ones" said he 1T $
only few years ago that bought two-year-od
mere for So. and shipped him down to North Caro-
I
they called him Robert Burns He Just cleaned up
everything In the spring circuit, and trotted 70 Il
record Of 2:4i2 his first year out. Don't MAKE run u
Of the s25 ones. boys. They might beat your >-1v
ones some day There's a heap Of luck about
, buyn' trOtters at auction. ~ ~,
tioneer brought only 500 He was sold here wheh
two years old for A.l25 nj auction and congress
man ! &. Sibley afterward received sone'nrrh,S
ik, $4,000 for the horse at private SAFE. ne
black horse Too Soon. once thought 10 De a faster
trotter than Directum. when I'm Monroe Sallsp
stable was knocked down for $50 to Samuei NC
MILAN.
The horses sold for over $500 were:
Property y W. c. Icndrickson. Ieile Mead, y j.;
Con iuctor 2.l4. gr - 1887 10y Electioneer -Sontas
MotaWk by Mohawk chief. e. r. Schifteniecker' .-,o
creeping Flower hr. NJ. 1891. by Fle1mnnt
F,6weret by Electioneer. Dr. II. D. GIN. New 49,
York .............. ...: . t-''''''''''' WV
property u Robert steel. Philadelphia: ~
Tom Medium 1874 blk 1855 by Ryey Medlum
queen bv Henry Harris; Mcnamara Wells COS,
Ral9winsville. Y '-'
Property James Mct1enahan. Port chester \; Y;
,dlfe II 2.iOi. racing. ch. M. 1851. by Nutwcod
Adelaide hy Phi sheridan. Marcus DAILY Ana ooo
c1nda. Mont '''''''''' w.
Property ~ George n. Ketcham. Toledo:
,'rescous 20N'. IN. e. 1894. by Robert McCreFor-
I,rnm2 ktIanazoo -...........l4o 900
pav nv 1895 hv Robert Nomenclature Mabel.
by Howaris Mamhrno. W. F. Redmond. Mad- 49,
r6leSo Bee en- c. 1890 by Robert McGresor-
Morea. by Elec'ioneer. r. Bronx. New forA..... oo